유아의 바깥놀이 활성화에 대한 연구 - 유아교사의 인식과 운영실태를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study is a rudimentary investigation about an activation of outside plays through the early childhood teachers' perception and operating conditions. It encourages the teachers to have a new understanding of outside plays as "taking a rest" or "facilities and playgrounds" or "various activities available in outside". The objects of this study, conducted by mailing and visiting, are 128 teachers from the kindergarten and 72 teachers from day care center in Seoul-Incheon area. To be specific, the sample of the study is without some careless answers and omitted questionnaires. The questionnaire consists of 21 questions, improved based on Hee Jin Kim(2012), Dong Joo Shin(2005), Yang Sun Hwang(2003) studies, and 2 open questions. The study results indicated that early childhood teachers thought that outside plays were necessary, highly necessary or absolutely necessary. Even if they were close to natural environments, early childhood teachers used the facilities most. It suggests that their play concept is instrumental. The teachers used play facilities and play equipments mainly. About the time they take for outside plays and play contents, they thought 30 minutes was proper a little more then 30 minutes was not enough. That the early childhood teachers regarded the outside plays as "taking a rest" rather than a curriculum sounds a little inappropriate. The difficulties arising from the outside plays were safety problems, repetition of similar activities and practices and parents' demands for the academic-based curriculum. This result indicates that both teachers and parents need to understand the outside play in a new light. To nurture the diversity of outside plays, we need to recognize the importance of the elements the outside plays, such as program development, the perception of the teachers and preschools, the parents' perception and facility fund support, After all, we have to promote the outside play curriculum and its diversity. Also, it is necessary that the training of teachers for outside plays is needed to promote the outside plays. They have to change their misunderstanding that outside plays were possible only by taking advantage of play facilities.