장애이해 교육활동을 통한 일반유아의 장애 인식 및 태도 변화 = Changes in Disability Awareness and Attitude of Typically Developing Young Children through Disability-Understanding Activities

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This research sought to identify changes in disability awareness and attitude of typically developing young children through disability-understanding activities based on their sex and age. The research targeted three classes of 5 year-old-children and one class of 4-year-old children in a kindergarten located in Daegu City.
The results of the study are as follows:
First, the children's overall awareness on peers with disabilities was increased.
Second, it was found that there was a significant difference in changes in awareness and attitude according to each educational activity, such as listening to fairy tales, sharing stories, and experience in simulated disabilities.
Third, children were found to undergo changes and show affirmative attitude toward peers with disabilities, in terms of changes in their attitude towards developmental retardation according to sex and age after they were offered various disability-understanding activities.