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Development and Effectiveness of Education Programs using STEAM-based Smart Apps that support Children's Free play

유아의 자유놀이를 지원하는 STEAM 기반 스마트 앱 활용 교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과

  • Moon, Myunghwa (Department of Early Childhood Education, Kangwon National University)
  • 문명화 (강원대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2021.05.09
  • Accepted : 2021.06.20
  • Published : 2021.06.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted for the purpose of developing an education program using smart apps that supports free play of children based on STEAM education and verifying its effectiveness. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, contents for using smart apps based on STEAM education for children's free play were derived through literature and data collection and field surveys in related fields, and a program was developed based on this. This program is a teaching strategy in which teachers and children interact at the start, middle, and end of free play using the 'Free Play' app installed on a smartphone. An experimental study was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the program using smart apps that support children's free play. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the application of this program improves the self-regulation of children. This study is a teaching strategy to support both teachers and children during free play time, the core of early childhood education, and developed and applied the program with the idea of convergence of engineering and education, and hopes that it will be a starting point for revitalizing education using smart apps in the future education field.

본 연구는 유아의 자유놀이를 지원하는 융합인재교육(STEAM)기반 스마트 앱 활용 교육 프로그램을 개발하고 이의 효과를 검증하기 위한 목적으로 실시되었다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위하여 관련 분야 문헌 및 자료수집, 현장조사를 통하여 유아의 자유놀이에 STEAM기반 스마트 앱을 활용하기 위한 내용을 도출하고, 이에 기반하여 프로그램을 개발하였다. 본 프로그램은 스마트 폰에 개발된 'Free Play' 앱을 설치하고 자유놀이 시작, 중간, 종료 단계에서 유아의 놀이에 대해 교사와 유아가 상호작용하는 교수전략이다. 이러한 유아의 자유놀이를 지원하는 스마트 앱 활용 교육 프로그램의 효과를 검증하기 위하여 실험연구를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 본 프로그램의 적용으로 유아의 자기조절력과 자기조절력 하위요인이 향상됨을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 유아교육의 핵심인 자유놀이 시간에 교사와 유아 모두를 지원하기 위한 교수전략이자 공학과 교육이 융합된 발상으로 프로그램을 개발하고 적용하였으며 추후 교육현장에서 스마트 앱 활용 교육을 활성화하는 단초가 되길 기대한다.

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