The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)

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The Effects of Nature Friendly Education Program on Preschooler's Ecological Knowledge and Positive Attitudes toward Nature

유아의 자연친화 교육프로그램이 자연친화적 지식 및 긍정적 태도에 미치는 효과

  • Kim, Young-Hee (Dept. of Child & Family Welfare, Hankyong National Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Jang-Hee (Dept. of Child & Family Welfare, Hankyong National Univ.)
  • 김영희 (한경대학교 아동가족복지학과) ;
  • 이장희 (한경대학교 아동가족복지학과)
  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a nature friendly education program that would support ecological literacy of preschool children and to examine the effects of the program on their ecological knowledge and positive attitudes toward nature. The subjects of the study were 59 children from two child-care centers located at Gyeonggi Province. 30 preschoolers from one center were allocated into an experimental group, while 29 preschoolers from the other center were regarded as the control group. The program was composed of 24 sessions, performed three times a week for 20-30 minutes from May to June 2009. The instrument included the knowledge and attitudes toward the environmental scale for preschool children. The following results were obtained. First, the experimental group was found to attain higher level of ecological knowledge and more positive attitudes about nature as a result of the program. Second, after the program was administrated, the experimental group showed higher level of the knowledge and more positive attitudes about nature than the control group. These results suggest a program which conducts within a integrated teaching frame of meeting and getting familiar with nature and taking care of animals and plants, can become an effective early childhood education tool which fosters positive attitudes and knowledge concerning the environment.

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