The purpose of this study is to recognize the importance of traditional fairy tale as a good material to deepen the Korean emotion, value and human relation that are apt to be neglected in the domestic trend of globalization, and to find out the effe...
The purpose of this study is to recognize the importance of traditional fairy tale as a good material to deepen the Korean emotion, value and human relation that are apt to be neglected in the domestic trend of globalization, and to find out the effect of traditional fairy tale, matching well with the national emotion and lifestyle, on the social and emotional development of infants.
For the purpose, following subjects were set ;
1. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the social and emotional development of infants?
1-1. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the infants' trend of independence from teachers?
1-2. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the internal control of infants?
1-3. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the infants' interaction with peers?
1-4. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the infants' sense of stability in kindergarten?
1-5. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the infants' motive to accomplishment?
1-6. What effect does the traditional fairy tale have on the infants' curiosity?
Subjects were 44 infants of 4-5 years age(male;22. female;22), who attend to the kindergarten as an annex to G elementary school in Gunwi-Gun, Kyeongsangbuk-Do. Experiment group were 22 infants (male ;12, female;10) and control group were 22 infants(male;12, female;10). The distribution of age was from 4 years and 4 months to 6 years, and the mean age was 5 years and 4 months.
The tool of research was "Infant' Social and Emotional Development Rating Scale" that Korean Behavioral Science Institute(Heo, Hyeong, et al, 1978) produced and then Mun, Mi-ok(1988) and Ji, Ok-Jeong(1996) revised. The selected traditional fairy tale includes characters familiar with infants and content that match with infants' social and emotional development.
Followings are the results of the study ;
First, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' trend of independence from teachers. (p<.001)
Secondly, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' internal control. (p<.001)
Thirdly, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' interaction with peers. (p<.001)
Fourthly, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' sense of stability in kindergarten. (p<.001)
Fifthly, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' motive to accomplishment. (p<.001)
Lastly, traditional fairy tale was found out to have a significant effect on the formation of infants' curiosity. (p<.001)