The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of peer arbitration on the linguistic ability improvement of development retarded child and the subject was a development retarded child educated and integrated into M preschool in P city in Gyeon...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of peer arbitration on the linguistic ability improvement of development retarded child and the subject was a development retarded child educated and integrated into M preschool in P city in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Artistic play activity that a development retarded child has usually had interest and participated positively in was developed into peer arbitration play program and it was practiced in the classroom of the preschool where the subject went from May 16 till July 30, 2005 and the change of linguistic representation behavior of the child was measured.
The conclusions of this study through the experiment are as follows:
First, peer arbitration or play with peers is a good arbitration method that brings about the development of voluntary linguistic representation ability of a development retarded child. Besides, peer arbitration is an important method of developing reaction word representation ability of a development retarded child
Second, peer arbitration not only improves voluntary word or reaction word representation ability of a development retarded child but also increases interaction. Especially, peer arbitration method can be a way of supplying lack of social technique and interaction of normal children toward a development retarded child.
Third, it is needed that play or experience that a development retarded child is curious about is investigated and applied ahead of time to increase effect of peer arbitration on linguistic representation of a development retarded child.
Fourth, effect of peer arbitration on linguistic representation of a development retarded child has some durability, not being temporary.
The suggestions on the basis of these conclusions are as follows.
First of all, positive introduction of peer arbitration is needed to strengthen linguistic representation ability of a development retarded child in preschool where integrated education is being enlarged.
And also, increasing effect of integrated education is needed through education program that a development retarded child likes or has curiosity in ahead of time because peer arbitration in integrated preschool education can be much effected by environmental factor.
And for true integration in preschool curriculum, it is very important that lack of normal peer children is supplied in social technique and interaction toward a development retarded child and linguistic representation ability of a development retarded child is needed to be improved through it.