자연친화적 교육활동이 유아의 행복감과 자아개념에 미치는 영향

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study intended to promote children's happiness and improve their self-concept when they enjoy and explore nature through nature play activities. They would feel psychologically stable, explore and approach the environment around them more actively, enhance confidence in everything, form a positive self-concept of themselves and others, and feel happy.

The research questions were as follows:
1. Are nature play activities effective in increasing children's happiness?
2. Are nature play activities effective in enhancing children's self-concept?
3. Are children's happiness and self-concept interrelated?

Twenty-five children, all of whom were 4 years old, at a kindergarten in C province composed the experimental group, and another 25 children at the same age at a different kindergarten in the same region constituted the control group, which resulted in 50 subjects. The children in the experimental group participated in 16 nature play activities in total, twice a week, for 9 weeks.

The child happiness scale developed by Lee(2009) was used to measure the children's happiness, and the child self-concept test by Lee(2004) was used to measure the children's self-concept.

The results of the study were as follows:
First, nature play activities were effective at increasing children's happiness.
Among the sub-factors, it was involvement, health, spirit, peer relationship, teacher-child relationship, emotion, parent-child relationship, satisfaction in life that showed statistical significance.

Second, nature play activities were positively effective in enhancing children's self-concept. It was social identity, emotional identity, physical identity that showed statistical significance.

Third, children's happiness and self-concept were significantly and positively interrelated. It means that the happier the children feel the higher the level of self-concept was. Therefore, feeling of happiness and self-concept positively affect each other.

These results prove that nature play activities increase children's happiness and they positively affect self-concept development. Also, nature play activities can be a good means for children to begin living a happy life by constantly improving abilities related to self-concept, such as skills to satisfy their needs, feeling of joy, social relationship and so on, when this interrelatedness between happiness and self-concept is fully considered

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서 론 1
• 1. 연구의 필요성 및 목적 1
• 2. 연구문제 5
• 3. 용어의 정의 5
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 6
• 1. 자연친화적 교육활동 6
• 1) 자연친화적 교육활동의 개념 및 교육적 의의 6
• 2) 자연친화적 교육활동의 내용 8
• 2. 행복감 10
• 1) 행복의 의미 10
• 2) 행복의 구성요인과 특성 13
• 3. 자아개념 15
• 1) 자아개념의 정의 15
• 2) 자아개념의 발달 17
• 4. 선행연구 19
• 5. 연구가설 22
• Ⅲ. 연구방법 23
• 1. 연구대상 23
• 2. 연구설계 23
• 3. 측정도구 24
• 4. 연구절차 28
• 1) 예비검사 28
• 2) 사전검사 29
• 3) 실험처치 29
• 4) 사후검사 33
• 5. 자료분석 33
• Ⅳ. 결과 및 해석 34
• 1. 사전검사 34
• 2. 사후검사 35
• 1) 자연친화적 교육활동이 유아의 행복감에 미치는 영향 35
• 2) 자연친화적 교육활동이 유아의 자아개념에 미치는 영향 37
• 3) 유아의 행복감과 자아개념의 상관관계 38
• Ⅴ. 결론 40
• 1. 논의 및 결론 40
• 2. 제언 42
• * 참고문헌 43
• * 부 록 50