Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

Korean Society of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회)
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The Effect of Five Senses Experience in the Forest on Young Children's Self-efficacy and Respectful Recognition of Life

숲에서의 오감체험활동이 유아의 자아효능감 및 생명존중인식에 미치는 영향

  • 장철순 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학과) ;
  • 구창덕 (충북대학교 대학원 산림학과) ;
  • 황연주 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.21
  • Accepted : 2016.10.10
  • Published : 2016.10.30
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Abstract

Both interests in nature-friendly education and demands for nature experience program are steadily increasing in children education field in korea. This study aims to find out that five-sense experience-activity with healing factors of forest can have an effect on both self-efficacy and respectful recognition of life of children. 5-year-old young children were chosen as the subjects for this study. Test group participated two times a week in the special forest class in a children education institute in Chungju oo-dong while control group did not. Both test group and control group were composed of 20 young children respectively and each group were 11 boys and 9 girls respectively. The five senses experience activity program was conducted two sessions a week from 8 August to 20 September in 2016 and each session was one hour (60 minutes) long. Five senses experience activity is an activity that young children awaken their five senses in the forest, recognize seasonal change with their five senses, build up their selves and become intimate with nature. Before and after the program self- efficacy test and respectful recognition of life test were conducted and the data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program. The results indicated that after participating five senses experience activity program both children's self-efficacy which means having positive-thinking and self-confidence and respectful recognition of life which means valuing nature coexisting with nature were improved significantly(p<0.05). Through five senses experience activity young children felt nature freely and to their heart's content with their bodies and five senses experience activity had better positive impacts on children's self- efficacy and respectful recognition of life than classroom activities.

우리나라 유아교육현장에서 자연친화 교육에 대한 관심이 높아지고 자연체험 프로그램에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 숲이 가지고 있는 산림치유인자들과 요인들을 활용하는 숲에서의 오감체험활동이 유아의 자아효능감과 생명존중인식에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 실험대상은 청주시 OO동에 위치한 유아교육기관의 숲특별반을 주2회 참여하는 실험군과 통제군은 숲활동을 하지 않고 유아교육기관에서 운영하는 프로그램에 참여하는 만 5세 유아 남녀 각각 20명으로 하였으며 남자아이는 11명, 여자아이는 9명씩이었다. 실험기간은 2016년 8월08일부터 2016년 9월20일까지 매주 2회씩 12회기로 1시간 (60분)씩 실시하였다. 오감체험활동은 숲에서 유아들이 오감을 깨우고, 오감을 통해 계절의 변화를 알고, 자신의 자아를 확립하고 자연과 친해지는 활동이다. 프로그램 실시 전후에 유아를 대상으로 한 자아효능감 검사와 생명존중인식검사를 실시하고 그 자료는 SPSS 18.0 로 분석하였다. 그 결과 긍정적인 생각과 자신감을 나타내는 자아효능감, 자연과 함께 더불어 살아가며 생명을 존중하는 생명존중인식이 통계적으로 유의미하게 향상되었다(p<0.05). 오감체험활동을 통해 유아들은 온몸으로 자유롭게 자연을 마음껏 느낄 수 있었고, 교실에서 이루어지는 활동에 비해 자아효능감이나 생명존중인식에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

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