Classroom play is all the play in the classroom. The sharing of various emotions, flexible thinking, correct personality and values acquired through classroom play can be positively influenced by students' multicultural attitude by expanding from indi...
Classroom play is all the play in the classroom. The sharing of various emotions, flexible thinking, correct personality and values acquired through classroom play can be positively influenced by students' multicultural attitude by expanding from individual to community area.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of multicultural education program using the classroom play on elementary school students' multicultural attitudes. To do this, the classroom plays use in elementary school field was classified. Next the multicultural education program was developed by modifying small items to fit the theme and adding multicultural elements. In order to verify the effectiveness of the multicultural education program, two classes of the elementary school in Seoul were selected as the experimental group and the comparative group, and the pre-test of the multicultural attitude of the two groups confirmed the homogeneity of the two groups. The experimental group and the comparative group consisted of 23 persons. The experiment group was educated the multicultural education program through classroom play from March 22, 2017 to June 15, 2017, from March 12 to 2017. And The comparative group got classes according to the class curriculum from the homeroom teacher.
After completion of the program, post-test on multicultural attitude was conducted and t-verified using the spss.22.0 program. We analyzed the qualitative data obtained from students' behavior observation and interview with students. The results obtained through this study are as follows.
First, the multicultural education program using the classroom play showed that the overall multicultural attitude of the experimental group was significantly different at the p <0.05 level. And behavioral factors showed significant difference at p <0.01 level. The results showed that the multicultural attitude and the positive and behavioral factors of the multicultural education program using the classroom play were improved compared with Comparison group.
Second, The results of the pre-test and the post-test of the experimental group that performed the multicultural education program using the classroom play were compared and analyzed. As a result, overall multicultural attitude and sub-factors, cognition, justice, and behavior were significantly different at p <0.01 level. The results showed that multicultural programs using classroom play improved the overall multicultural attitude, cognition, definition, and behavioral factors of experimental group. Therefore, it is proved that multicultural education programs using classroom play have a positive effect on the improvement of multicultural attitude.
Third, through observation of the program and interview data with the students, students communicate with each other in classroom play, extend their multicultural awareness and attitude, improve their attitude to recognize and accept other cultures positively. I could confirm their expressions of the will to do the right behavior. In the case of multicultural students, they could feel their self-esteem and proud of their own culture. And It has been confirmed that the relationship between general students and multicultural students has become stronger.
The results showed that multicultural education program using classroom play had a positive effect on students' multicultural attitudes and peer relationships between general students and multicultural students.
Based on the result of this study, follow-up studies are suggested as follows.
First, a follow-up study should be conducted to verify the effects of elementary school students on multicultural attitudes by developing a classroom play program suitable for each grade level.
Second, it is necessary to investigate how multicultural education program using classroom play affects the self-esteem and multicultural attitude of multicultural students and what changes in peer relations between general students and multicultural students are occurring in the play process.
Key words: classroom play, multicultural education program, multicultural attitude