The purpose of this study is to conduct young children’s green growth education to find out their effect on environment-friendly attitude and environmental preservation knowledge.
Based on the purpose of the above, the following research questions ...
The purpose of this study is to conduct young children’s green growth education to find out their effect on environment-friendly attitude and environmental preservation knowledge.
Based on the purpose of the above, the following research questions are below.
1. What is the effect of young children’s green growth education on young children’s environment-friendly attitude?
1-1. What is the effect of young children’s green growth education on young children’s environmental conservation attitude?
1-2. What is the effect of young children’s green growth education on young children’s environment-friendly attitude?
2. What is the effect of young children’s green growth education on young children’s environmental preservation knowledge?
The subjects of this study are 50 5-years-old children of a kindergarten attached to a public elementary school and the experimental group include 25 5-years-old children of a kindergarten attached to the N Elementary School located in the apartment of Seo-gu, Daejeon and the comparative group include 25 5-years-old children of a kindergarten attached to the S Elementary School located in the apartment of geographically similar schools.
Test on attitude and environmental preservation knowledge were used. It is the environment-friendly attitude test hat Heo, Yun-jeong (2001) modifiedandadapted CATES-PV(The Children's Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale-Preschool version) produced by Musser and Diamond(1999) to measure environment-friendly attitude.
CATES-PV consists of two elements of environmental preservation attitudes and environment-friendly attitudes and includes a total of 18 questions. Drawing tools for testing environment-friendly attitudes were used in Park, Seong-hye (2008)’s research and the environmental preservation knowledge testing tool produced by Han Tae-hyeon based on the research of the Ministry of Environment(1994) and Yun, Gi-young and Jo, Gyeong-hui (1993), Yoon, Ae-hui and Park, Jung-min(1998) was used to measure young children’s environmental preservation knowledge.
For data processing, we conducted analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) that controls pre-test between two groups and analyzes the differences between groups after treatment.
The results of this study can be concluded as follows.
First, as for young children’s green growth educational activities, the mean of pre-test, 60.72(SD=5.02) decreased to 60.68(SD=3.63), that of post-test in the comparative group and the mean of pre-test, 63.24(SD=3.77) increased to 67.72(SD=2.15), that of post-test in the experimental group.
An increase in environmental preservation attitude test scores of the experimental group that participated in young children’s green growth educational activities was statistically significant. Through this result, it can be seen that young children’s green growth educational activities improve young children’s environmental preservation attitudes. An increase in environment-friendly attitude test scores of the experimental group that participated in young children’s green growth educational activities was statistically significant. Through this result, it can be seen that young children’s green growth educational activities improve young children’s environment-friendly attitudes.
Second, as for young children’s green growth educational activities, the mean of pre-test, 10.40(SD=3.73) decreased to 10.80(SD=3.10), that of post-test in the comparative group and the mean of pre-test, 11.68(SD=3.28) increased to 17.60(SD=3.30), that of post-test in the experimental group.
An increase in test scores for conservation of water, conservation of air, conservation of soil, separate garbage collection of the experimental group that participated in young children’s green growth educational activities was statistically significant. Through this result, it can be seen that green growth educational activities improve young children’s environmental preservation knowledge.