The purpose of this study is in investigating what kinds of effects the traditional plays in inclusive educational environment has in the young children’s prosocial behavior.
This paper sets its research subjects as follows:
1. How do the traditiona...
The purpose of this study is in investigating what kinds of effects the traditional plays in inclusive educational environment has in the young children’s prosocial behavior.
This paper sets its research subjects as follows:
1. How do the traditional play in inclusive educational environment effect the young children’s prosocial behavior?
1-1. How do the traditional play in inclusive educational environment effect the children’s prosocial behavior of the ability to control personal emotions?
1-2. How do the traditional play in inclusive educational environment effect the children’s prosocial behavior of the ability to form interpersonal relations?
1-3. How do the traditional play in inclusive educational environment effect the children’s prosocial behavior of the ability to adapt to the kindergarten?
2. How is the prosocial behavior of disable young children who participated in the traditional play activity in inclusive educational environment?
The subjects of this research are the class of 5 year olds; 20 normal young children and 2 disabled young children attending D kindergarten in Asan Chung Chyung Nam province.
The tool of research utilized was an edited and adapted version ‘Skill Situation Measure’by Won Young Rhee, Chan Ok Park and Young Hee Noh(1993) with was originally by McGinnis and Goldstein(1990).
For the experiment process, the traditional plays employed include tug of war, stepping on tiles, ‘why did you come to our house?’, drop the handkerchief, catch the tail, riding on sedan chair, circle dance and gate play. The traditional play activities were executed16 times, twice a week for 8 weeks, each time lasting 40~45 minutes in the children’s play times.
To verify the research question 1, the average score of the subjects before and after the experiment was compared by t verification test. The analysis data for research question 2 were video recordings, pictures and class journals of the researcher collected through participant observation. The collected materials were first categorized to copying, laminating and discovery of the topic, then interpreted.
The result of this research is as below.
First, there was a significant difference to the prosocial behavior of normal young children through the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment, p< .05. This can be seen as the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment affects the prosocial behavior of normal young children.
Secondly, there was a significant difference to the ability to control emotions of normal young children which is one of the core components of prosocial behavior, through the traditional playactivities in inclusive educational environment, p< .05. This can be seen as the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment affect the ability to control emotions of normal young children.
Thirdly, there was a significant difference to the ability to form personal relations of normal young children which is one of the core components of prosocial behavior, through the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment, p< .05. This can be seen that the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment affect the ability to form personal relations of normal young children.
Fourthly, there was a significant difference to the ability to adapt to the kindergarten of normal young children which is one of the core components of prosocial behavior, through the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment, p< .05. This can be seen that the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment affect the ability to adapt to the kindergarten of normal young children.
Fifthly, the behavior of disable young children who participated in the traditional play activities in inclusive educational environment appeared to be dominated by quotes such as, ‘I have to wait until it’s my turn’, ‘I have to try hard even though it is difficult’, ‘I can help my friend’, ‘I can also be good in the plays.’ In the early part of theactivities, the disabled young children were participating passively, but as the activities progressed, they experienced enjoyment and as the interactions between their peers became frequent, they began to understand the rules of the plays and followed and showed a cooperative prosocial behavior.