ABSTRACT
Effects of Human Rights Education Programs Using Physical Activities on the Attitude towards Disabled Children by Non-Disabled Children
Han Young-mi
Major in Special Children Education
Graduate School of Education
Woosuk University
Directe...
ABSTRACT
Effects of Human Rights Education Programs Using Physical Activities on the Attitude towards Disabled Children by Non-Disabled Children
Han Young-mi
Major in Special Children Education
Graduate School of Education
Woosuk University
Directed by prof. yoon-tae Kim
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of human rights education programs using physical activities on the attitude towards disabled children by non-disabled children. This study was conducted on 34 non-disabled children aged five attending a kindergarten established by an elementary school in Jinan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, and 17 were in the test group and 17 were in the control group. The program used as the test tool used activity methods via assertive experience for expression using the body to try moving, while including elements of human rights education belonging to physical activities. Both pre- and post-tests were conducted on the children in both the control group and test group, and human rights education via physical activities were conducted on the test group children three times a week for a total of 18 times. The results of this study are as follows.
First, after examining the effects on social activities of non-disabled children, there was a positive change through human rights education programs through physical activities. This shows that human rights education programs through physical activities were effective on positively developing relations of non-disabled and disabled children.
Second, after examining the sharing activities of non-disabled children, the group that participated in this program had a positive change in attitude. This shows that this program had a positive effect to allow non-disabled children to share various materials with disabled children and to want to engage in various activities together with them.
Third, it showed that human rights education programs through physical activities were effective on attitude changes from a problem-solving aspect on disabilities by non-disabled children. This showed that human rights education programs through physical activities had a positive effect on forming an attitude for mutual respect and understanding of the problems of disabled children by non-disabled children.
Fourth, from the aspect outside of the kindergarten, there was a positive effect on attitude changes on disabled children by non-disabled children. This showed that human rights education programs using physical activities were effect on the positive development of non-disabled children and disabled children relationships in places outside of the kindergarten.
Results of this study showed that groups on which the human rights education program using physical activities were more effective on the change of attitude on acceptance of disabilities compared to the control group that did not receive the human rights education program using physical activities. Thus, it can be said that human rights education programs using physical activities had a positive effect on the attitude for accepting disabilities by non-disabled children.