장애를 주제로 한 흥미 영역별 교재 활용을 통한 일반유아의 장애-수용적 태도 변화 연구 = Changing Young Children's Acceptance Attitude Toward Peers with Disabilities Through Working with Learning Material about Disabilities in Activity Areas

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 장애를 주제로 한 흥미영역별 교재의 활용을 통하여 장애유아에 대한 일반유아들의 수용적 태도를 발달시키는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 만 5세아 25명을 대상으로 자유선택활동시간에 21 가지의 장애 주제 교재를 7주간 제시한 후, 장애유아에 대한 태도 변화를 실험 전후에 검사하였다. 실험에 참가한 유아들은 장애유아에 대해 더 수용적인 태도를 가지게 되었으며 이러한 실험 효과는 유아들이 장애를 이해하고 장애친구에 대해 감정이입하는 태도와 밀접히 연결되는 것으로 추정된다. 본 연구를 통해 흥미영역에 장애 주제 교재를 제시하고 적절하게 활용하도록 지도하는 것은 유아들의 장애친구에 대한 수용적 태도를 발달시키는 전략임이 확인되었다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study explored how young children's acceptance attitude toward peers with disabilities can change through play with learning material about disabilities in activity areas. The participants of the study were 50 children from two general kindergarten classes divided into an experimental group and a control group. The young children in the experimental group were provided with 21 kinds of learning material about disabilities in four activity areas in free play periods for 7 weeks. Changes in their attitude toward peers with disabilities were measured by a questionnaire developed by Lee(2000). Changes were identified by analyzing the young children's explanation about the products made while working with the learning material provided. The children in the experimental group tended to show greater change in attitudes of acceptance toward peers with disabilities than did the children in the control group who did not work with the disability materials. An analysis of the experimental group's descriptions of their products revealed an empathy with their peers who had disabilities and a strong will to interact with them in an assisting manner. Therefore this study came to the conclusion that play activities with learning materials about disabilities may promote the development of young children's accepting attitudes toward peers with disabilities.