The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of discussion activity through children’s story to the development of self-efficacy of young children. For achieve of this study, the following research questions were established.
First, will ...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of discussion activity through children’s story to the development of self-efficacy of young children. For achieve of this study, the following research questions were established.
First, will the discussion activity through children’s books show any difference in the improvement in the social self-efficacy of an infant?
Second, will the discussion activity through children’s books show any difference in improvement in the academic self-efficacy of an infant?
42 children in M kindergarten children were randomly sampled who live in Suwon City. They were divided into two groups, experimental(n=21) and compare group(n=21). As a result of conducting a pre-test of the average age of the test group and the comparison group on self-efficacy, there were no significant differences. Therefore, the two groups could be assumed to be homogeneous. Concerning test tools, the study used a tool by correcting and complementing the study by Lee Mi Yeon (2003), which referred to questions regarding the social, emotional area in the self-efficacy scale of children by Wu Kee Jeong (1994) as well as questions concerned with a peer-related acceptance factor by Harter and Pike (1984), after looking into their dependability.
The study processed data collected from pre-and-post tests with the SPSS 12.0; and in the data analysis, the study undertook a t-test and an ANVOVA in an effort to find out the difference in social self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy between the test group and the comparison group, according to the discussion activity through children’s books.
Major findings of this study were as follows :
First, the infants in the test group, experiencing the discussion activity through children’s books, showed a statistically significant increase in social self-efficacy when compared to the infants in the comparison group, who have not experienced the activity. Also in sub-factors, the test group displayed an improvement both in pro-social behavior and interpersonal relationship efficacy.
Second, as for the difference in academic self-efficacy, the infants in the test group, who experienced the discussion activity through children’s books, demonstrated a significant enhancement when compared to the infants in the comparison group. In the sub-factors of academic self-efficacy, infants showed significant differences in all of the following: confidence, the perception of self-competence, and the preference for difficulty of assignment. Thus, this proves that the discussion activity through children’s books improves academic self-efficacy.
In conclusion, the infants who participated in the discussion activity through children’s books showed an improvement in social self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy, compared with infants in the comparison group, who were given the existing class using children’s books. Therefore, if the discussion activity through children’s books can be actively utilized in the field of children education, it will positively affect the enhancement of young children' self-efficacy.