유아교육 프로그램의 학급크기가 유아의 스트레스 행동과 활동형태에 미치는 영향 = Influences of the Different Classroom Sizes on Childrens Stress Behavior and Activity Types in Early Childhood Programs

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was to investigate the effects of classroom size on children`s stress behaviors, and to find the relationship between children`s stress behaviors and types of activity 105 kindergarten children were selected and divided into three classrooms according to different classroom sizes: classroom 1(N=28), classroom 2(N=35), classroom 3(N=42). Three early childhood education specialists observed them for four weeks. An analysis of variance, a multivariate analysis of variance and chi-square test were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that 1) the children in classroom 1 showed significantly less passive stress behaviors than children in two other classrooms, 2) the children in classroom 2 and 3 exhibited significantly more active stress behaviors. 3) there was no significant difference in children`s self with self stress behaviors among the children in three classrooms, 4) the different classroom size had a significant effect on self with others stress behaviors and self with objects stress behaviors, 5) there was a significant relationship between types of activity and classroom size, 6) there was a significant relationship between children`s stress behaviors and activity types in the classrooms.