장애이해프로그램이 비장애아동의 자아개념과 장애아동에 대한 태도에 미치는 효과

Abstract

This study was to find a disability awareness program developed to help understand disability on the attitude and self-concept of children without disabilities toward children with disabilities. One class was selected by the fourth graders of 45 normal children as an experimental group; and the other was 45 children under the same condition as a control group. The experimental group participated in disability awareness program for 40 minutes once a week through eight weeks. As assessment tools, Attitude Rating Scale(Seo, Sun-hee, 2001) and Self Concept Test(Yun, Hee-jun, 1984) were used.As statistical methods, t-Test and ANCOVA were used, analyzing the difference between groups on the pre-test and post-test basis. The results were as following:First, there were statistically significant differences in the overall self concept score of post-test between the experimental and the control groups. That is, physical self-concept, social self-concept, personal self-concept, academic self-concept, and the overall self concept on the attitude of children were improved by the disability awareness program.Second, the experimental group showed increased factors of acceptance and support attitude, compared to decreased factor on hostility. Whereas, factor on embarrassment attitude did not show significant difference between both group..In short, Disability Awareness Program which was used on this study have a positive influence on the attitude of normal children. They became open minded and changed toward more positive ways in overall areas of self-concept. Furthermore, the attitude of children without disabilities toward with disabilities changed to more acceptable and supportive, and less hostile.