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A Study on the Perception and the Need of Early Childhood Teachers on Forest Experience Activities

숲 체험활동에 대한 유아교사들의 인식 및 요구에 관한 연구

  • Kang, Young-Sik (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam National University)
  • 강영식 (충남대학교 교육학과 교육대학원 유아교육)
  • Received : 2015.06.03
  • Accepted : 2015.08.06
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

This study is intended to look into early childhood teachers' perceptions and needs for forest experience activities. To achieve this, a survey was carried out to 170 early childhood teachers in kindergartens and child care centers in Daejeon city. The SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science) v. 18.0 was used for data analysis through the process of data coding and data cleaning. The frequency analysis was conducted for the general state of those surveyed. The frequency analysis, ANOVA and factor analysis were conducted for the perceptions and needs for forest experience activities. The findings showed that early childhood teachers had positive perceptions for the educational effects of forest experience activities. Especially, they perceived that the educational programs of forest experience activities need to be highly recommended to early children as forest experience education is important for forest experience activities. Consequently, forest experience education is just as important and useful for early children to learn the importance of coexistence with human and nature, and develop a sense of community by interacting with nature.

본 연구는 숲 체험활동에 대한 유아 교사들의 인식 및 요구도를 연구하였다. 연구 대상은 대전광역시에 소재한 유치원과 어린이집 교사170명을 대상으로 하였으며, 통계처리는 데이터 코딩(data coding)과 데이터 클리닝(data cleaning) 과정을 거쳐, SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science) v. 18.0 통계 패키지 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하고, 조사대상자의 일반적 현황은 빈도분석을, 숲 체험 활동에 대한 인식과 요구도는 빈도분석 및 분산분석과 요인분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 교사들의 숲 체험활동에 대한 교육적 효과가 긍정적인 것으로 나타났으며 특히 숲 체험 활동에 대한 인식 및 요구에서 숲 체험교육의 중요성에 대한 교육 프로그램의 적극적인 추천과 권장할 것을 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 숲 체험 교육의 중요성과 유아교사들의 인식이 유아의 자연과 상호작용하면서 그 안에서 인간과 자연과 공존의 중요성을 깨닫고 공동체 의식을 함양하는 데 숲 체험 교육이 그만큼 중요하고 유용함을 시사한 것이라 할 수 있다.

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