The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education on the emotional intelligence of the young children.
For the purpose, following research questions were set up:
1. How about the influence f...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education on the emotional intelligence of the young children.
For the purpose, following research questions were set up:
1. How about the influence for the emotional intelligence of young children's the Reigen activites of the Waldorf early childhood education?
1-1. How about oneself recognition and the influence for the articulacy in the emotion intelligence low rank element of young children's the Reigen activity of the Waldorf early childhood education?
1-2. How about the influence for the ability for oneself adjustment in the emotion intelligence low rank element of young children's the Reigen activity of the Waldorf early childhood education?
1-3. How about the influence for the ability for another person recognition in the emotion intelligence low rank element of young children's the Reigen activity of the Waldorf early childhood education?
1-4. How about another person adjustment and the influence for the adult-affiliated ability in the emotion intelligence low rank element of young children's the Reigen activity of the Waldorf early childhood education?
The subjects in this study were 42 young children's who were enrolled in all-day classes for Western age 5 in two affiliated kindergartens located in Gangwon Province. An experimental group consisted of 21 young children's who included 15 boys and six girls, and a control group was composed of 21 young children's involving 14 boys and 7 girls. The selected young children's were at the month age of 63 to 64, and their average age was 63.43 months.
The instrument used in this study to assess the emotional intelligence of the young children was Lee Byeong-rae(1997)'s young children Emotional Intelligence Inventory for Teacher Rating, and Reigen activities rearranged by this researcher were conducted. The inventory for teacher rating consisted of 31 items and covered four elements: self-awareness and expression, self-regulation, others-awareness, others-regulation and interpersonal relationship. And the Reigen activities of May, June and July were reorganized in this study.
The experiment was implemented by letting the young children's do the Reign activities. After they stood in a line outside the classroom, they entered the classroom and stood in a circle. And then they moved their body rhythmically while they sung children's songs, recited nursery rhymes and seasonal poems and danced in a ring. When the Reigen activities were completed, they left the classroom. The experiment was carried out repeatedly 30 times during a 10-week period of time from May 4(Mon.) to July 10(Fri.), 2009. As for data analysis, t-test was employed to look for any possible intergroup gaps to address the research questions.
Results of this study were as follows:
First, the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education made statistically significant differences to the emotional intelligence of the young children's(p< .001). It implied that the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education had a positive impact on the emotional intelligence of the young children's.
Second, the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education made statistically significant differences to the self-awareness and expression skills of the young children's, one of the emotional intelligence subfactors(p< .01). It denoted that the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education exercised a positive influence on the self-awareness and expression skills of the young children's.
Third, the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education made statistically significant differences to the self-regulation skills of the young children's, one of the emotional intelligence subfactors(p< .001). It indicated that the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education affected the self-regulation skills of the young children's in a positive manner.
Fourth, the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education made statistically significant differences to the others-awareness of the young children's, one of the emotional intelligence subfactors(p< .01). It suggested that the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education impacted on the others-awareness skills of the young children's in a positive way.
Fifth, the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education made statistically significant differences to the others-regulation and interpersonal skills of the young children's, one of the emotional intelligence subfactors(p< .05). It showed that the Reigen activities of Waldorf early childhood education had a positive impact on the others-regulation and interpersonal skills of the young children's.