The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Emotional Education Program(EEP) on young children's emotional ability. The program designed to facilitate young children's emotional development was composed of four subgroups, that is, self-emo...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Emotional Education Program(EEP) on young children's emotional ability. The program designed to facilitate young children's emotional development was composed of four subgroups, that is, self-emotional control program, self-confidence program, prosocial behavior improvement program, and moral judgement program. In order to investigate the effects of EEP, four measuring instruments were used : an emotional expression test, an empathy test, emotional problem-solving test, and an emotional intelligence scale.
From previous researches concerning emotional intelligence and programs, this study generated the following four hypotheses.
1. Children who would be presented with the Emotional Education Program would achieve higher scores in the emotional expression test than those who would not be exposed to the programs.
2. Children who would be presented with the Emotional Education Program would achieve higher scores in the empathy test than those who would not be exposed to the programs.
3. Children who would be presented with the Emotional Education Program would achieve higher scores in the emotional problem-solving than those who would not be exposed to the programs.
4. Children who would be presented with the Emotional Education Program would achieve higher scores in the emotional intelligence scale than those who would not be exposed to the programs.
Forty eight four- and five-year-old children(27 males and 21 females)were selected from childcare center located in Seoul, Korea. All children came form middle-low social economic class. The participating children were ramdomly assigned to either a control group or a treatment group Children in treatment group were presented with the EEP for four weeks session whereas children in the control group were not. After the session, all individual children were tested on the four kinds of instrument. The collecting data were analyzed by Covariance and ANOVA techniques.
The main findings can be summarized as follows :
There were positive effects of the Emotional Education Programs on young children's emotional ability the children in the treatment group achieved statistically significant higher scores in the emotional expression test, in the problem-solving test, and in the emotional intelligence scale However, there was no significant difference in the scores of the four measuring instrument.
The results of this study provide support for the use of Emotional Education Programs to improve young children's emotional ability in the context of childcare centers