세시풍속 교육활동에 참여한 유아들의 경험

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of young children who kept participating in educational activities about seasonal customs as part of kindergarten daily routine. For the purpose, following research question was set up. 1. What are the experiences of young children who engage in educational activities about seasonal customs? The subjects in this study were 10 young children at a kindergarten attached to S elementary school located in a rural community in Gangwon Province. They were at the Western ages of three, four and five. The young children engaged in educational activities about seasonal customs during an 11-week period of time from April 1(Mon.) through July 15(Mon.), 2013. They kept performing individual activities, small group activities, large group activities and optional activities, and they had a circle time as well. As for data collection, the video materials were transcribed by using triangulation (Merriam, 1988/1994) to produce more valid and reliable results, and the photographs of the young children's activities, the journal of their teacher, their works, plans on play including optional activities, and evaluation data were all gathered. The collected data were organized, and the organized data were classified, analyzed and interpreted after a domain analysis was made.