우수아동과 일반아동의 다중지능, 선호놀이, 희망직업 비교 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare the profile of multiple intelligences(MI) of excellent children with general children and to explore whether they prefer play activities and choose careers which are related with their strengths of MI or not. In this study, classroom teachers evaluated students and labeled the top two students "excellent"based on academic performance and behavior. For this study, 159 excellent children and 1359 general children from 1st grade to 6th grade were surveyed from elementary schools of Seoul, Incheon, Kangwon, Kyunggi and Chungnam in Korea. The measurement tools are as follows: Questionnaire to ask children of future career plans and their preferred play activities, and MIDAS-kids(Multiple Intelligences Development Assessment Scale for kids) standardized in Korea. The results of this study are as followings: First, excellent children had different MI profiles than those of general children. Compared to excellent children, the MI profiles of general children are affected more by size of the city, grade level, and gender. Second, excellent children preferred play activities related to linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences regardless of their MI strengths. On the contrary,general children preferred play activities related to their own MI strengths. Last,excellent children did not have big differences from general children in their future career plans. However, compared with excellent children, general children tend to want to have future careers more related to their MI strengths. The relationship between these tendencies and the quality of the students' future needs to be explored in further studies. For the self-realization and fulfillment, excellent children need to be encouraged to pay more attention to their preferences and interests.