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The Efficiency Evaluation of the Forest Experience Center for Children Led by the Local Community through an Importance Performance Analysis - A Case in Geumcheon-gu District, Seoul, South Korea -

중요도·성취도 분석을 통한 주민자치형 유아숲체험장 효용성 평가 - 서울시 금천구를 사례로 -

  • Kang, Taesun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Myungwoo (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Chonbuk National University)
  • 강태순 (전북대학교 대학원 조경학과) ;
  • 이명우 (전북대학교 조경학과)
  • Received : 2015.02.27
  • Accepted : 2015.03.24
  • Published : 2015.04.30

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the forest experience center for children led by the local community as experiential management for forest kindergarten education. For this, an importance and performance analysis was conducted on the forest experience center for children in Geumcheon-gu, which, of the 12 forest experience center for kids in Seoul, is the only one led by the local community. The questionnaire sheet for the analysis consisted of a total of 36 questions, 20 about place facility areas and 16 about management program areas(including 6 questions about the management led by the local community). The questionnaire survey was done during the period between January 12th and January 19th, 2015. The participants in the survey consisted of 15 forest education specialists and 50 teachers from 19 kindergartens who participated in the forest experience program. The number of questionnaire sheets collected and used for analysis was 13 copies and 43 copies, respectively. The mean values of importance and performance on the place facility areas were 4.07 and 3.78 for forest education specialists, and 4.16 and 3.84 for kindergarten teachers, respectively. The mean values of importance and performance regarding the management program area were 4.38 and 4.16 for forest education specialists, and 4.40 and 4.00 for kindergarten teachers, respectively. Both groups evaluated the place facility areas lower than the management program areas. They also evaluated performance lower than importance. In place facility area, 'accessibility', 'safety' and 'connectivity to forest trail', 'loose parts' and 'safety facilities' were required to 'keep up the good work', because they showed higher importance and performance in place facility areas. Even though most items of management as led by the local community including 'forest experience activity support' were evaluated as 'important', some, including 'effort for local revitalization', were evaluated as low in performance. However, as they were evaluated as higher in importance, if they pursue 'concentrate here', it is expected that they will be evaluated as higher in performance. In addition, considering that program areas including 'forest education specialist's role' are labeled under the management led by the local community, it reflected a positive evaluation. As a result, management led by the local community is efficient as a management system for the forest experience center for children in an experiential forest kindergarten education. Going forward, if this management system is durable in 'keep up the good work' and 'concentrate here', the forest experience center for children led by the local community will be an alternative for an effective experiential forest kindergarten education.

본 연구의 목적은 효과적인 숲유치원교육을 위한 체험형 운영방식으로서 주민자치형 유아숲체험장의 효용성을 조명하는 것이다. 이를 위해, 12개소의 서울시 유아숲체험장 중 2014년 유일하게 주민자치운영을 한 금천구 유아숲체험장에 대하여 중요도 성취도 분석을 실시하였다. 분석에 필요한 설문자료는 총 36문항으로 공간 시설영역 20문항, 운영 프로그램영역 16문항(주민자치운영영역 6문항 포함)으로 구성하고, 설문조사는 2015년 1월 12일~19일 동안 실시되었다. 설문대상자는 2014년 본 연구대상지에서 숲교육을 담당했던 숲교육전문가 15명과 숲체험 프로그램에 참여했던 19개 보육기관의 당시 인솔교사 50명으로서, 분석자료로 최종 사용된 응답지는 각각 13부, 43부이다. 연구결과, 먼저 공간 시설영역에 대한 중요도, 성취도 평균값은 각각 숲교육전문가가 4.07, 3.78로, 보육기관 교사가 4.16, 3.84로 나타났고, 운영 프로그램영역에 대한 중요도 성취도 평균값은 각각 숲교육전문가가 4.38, 4.16으로, 보육기관 교사가 4.44, 4.00으로 나타났다. 두 집단 모두 공간 시설영역을 운영 프로그램영역보다 낮게, 중요도보다 성취도를 낮게 평가하였다. 두 집단 모두 중요도 성취도가 높아 '지속적인 노력 유지'가 필요한 것으로 평가된 항목들은, 공간 시설영역으로 '접근성', '안전성', '각 공간별 숲길로의 연결성', '개별자연물', '안전시설'의 5개 항목과 운영 프로그램영역으로 주민자치 운영을 통한 '숲교육전문가의 유아행동에 대한 유연성', '숲교육전문가의 진행전문성', 숲프로그램의 '흥미성, 다양성', '유연성', '숲교육전문가의 역할'의 5개 항목으로 나타났다. '숲체험활동의 지원'을 포함한 주민자치운영영역의 항목들은 대부분 '중요하다'라는 평가를 받았지만, '지역활성화 노력'을 포함한 몇 개의 항목들이 성취도측면에서 낮게 평가되었다. 그러나 중요도에서 높은 평가를 받은 만큼, 향후 '우선시정'이 된다면 성취도측면에서 높은 평가가 예상된다. 또한 중요도 성취도 모두 높게 평가된 '숲교육전문가의 역할'을 포함한 프로그램영역이 주민자치운영으로 인해 더 실행가능할 수 있었던 항목이었음을 고려해 보았을 때, 주민자치운영은 긍정적인 평가를 받은 것으로 판단된다. 결과적으로 주민자치에 의한 운영은 체험형 숲유치원교육을 위한 유아숲체험장의 운영방식으로서 그 효용성이 있으며, 앞으로 이러한 운영방식이 '지속적인 노력'과 '우선시정'을 할 수 있는 지속성을 갖출 때, 주민자치형 유아숲체험장은 효율적인 체험형 숲유치원교육을 위한 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

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