대학신입생의 인생과제 수행방식 향상을 위한 교과목 개발 및 효과 분석

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to develop a course to improve the life tasks performance of first-year college students based on Adler’s Life tasks and test its effectiveness.
 Methods: In step 1, the overall five goals and detailed thirteen goals of the program were set established on Adler’s Life tasks. In step 2, the twenty-six learning contents were developed through a preliminary survey of eighty-six first-year college students and the validity evaluation of three experts. In step3, a pilot study was conducted with thirty-five first-year college students. In step 4, the course was finally developed through the evaluations of three experts. In step 5, the effectiveness of the course was evaluated. The sample was from sixty-nine first-year college students from K university of Korea. The sample was divided with thirty-six first-year college students for the treatment group and thirty-three first-year college students for the control group. The course to improve the life tasks performance of first-year college students for the treatment group was carried out for a total of 30 hours, divided into 15 sessions, with one session per week. To evaluate the effectiveness of the course, the Life Tasks Scale, Social Interest Scale, the Life Satisfaction Scale, and College Life Adaption Scale were used for pre-post test. The scale-score was analyzed by ANOVA.
 Results: The first-year college students who participated in the course developed for improving the performance of life tasks demonstrated significantly improved levels of life task performance, adaptation to college life, social interest, and life satisfaction than those who did not participate.
 Conclusion: This study is significant in that a course was successfully developed to improve life tasks performance of first-year college students.