This study analyzes the thesis research trends in Korea regarding the horticultural activity programs for 3~7-year olds, establishes how the horticultural activity program affects the pre-school child and tries to provide the basic material necessary...
This study analyzes the thesis research trends in Korea regarding the horticultural activity programs for 3~7-year olds, establishes how the horticultural activity program affects the pre-school child and tries to provide the basic material necessary for qualitative substantiality on horticultural activity programs in the future.
A total of 20 master's and doctoral dissertations in Korea on horticultural activity programs for pre-school children were analyzed and used 365 programs as a tool. These programs were registered at the Research Information Sharing Service in the Korea Education and Research Information Service from 2001 to 2012. The statistics process of collecting materials was expressed as a percentage and used crossover analysis in detail with SPSS v.17.0. The results of the study of horticultural activity programs for pre-school children are as follows:
From 2001 through 2008 the status of horticultural activity research papers did not change; however, from 2009, it has been increasing, adding one new research paper per year: 2009, two; 2010, three; 2012, four; and 2011, five. There were 70.0% of dissertations from departments related to horticultural therapy and 30.0% of dissertations from departments not related to horticultural therapy. The result of the classification of horticultural activity for children reveals there were 90.0% for targeting only pre-school children, and 10.0% were presented for pre-school children and non pre-school children. The results were classified according to the children's ages. There were 55.0% of dissertations for 6~7-year olds mostly. The largest group of children were between 11 and 20, with seven dissertations. There were 14 dissertations which classified their results using an experimental group with a control group by the statistical analysis method. There were 16 dissertations which were comprised mostly of quantitative research such as experimental and test. And the classification of where the research was conducted presented 50.0% of dissertations for Kindergartens, 30.0% for Day Care centers and 10.0% for early childhood education institutes.
As the result of research on the frequency of horticultural activity programs, there were 40.0% of dissertations which appeared in the total number of programs between 10 and 15 times, 50.0% of dissertations which present the number of times once per week and 60.0% of dissertations which used periods of 40 minutes to 1 hour.
The arts and crafts programs were used the most in the horticulture programs. They were used 182 times(49.9%). Then came Cultivation programs which were used 141 times (38.6%), cooking programs which appeared 32 times (8.8%) and other programs which appeared 10 times (2.7%). As a result of the classification of horticultural activity program by effects, the cognitive effects were 65.0%, emotional effects were 50.0%, social effects were 50.0% and physical effects was 5.0% dissertation. Lastly, as a result of the classification of horticultural activity programs by effects, the cognitive effects (48.4%), emotional effects (55.7%), social effects (55.4%) employed arts and crafts activity programs more, but the physical effects used Cultivation programs more.
I hope this study can be used as an effects manual as preliminary data for the horticultural activity programs for the pre-school child.