초등학생의 상호활성화와 긍정적 정서를 위한 원예교육 프로그램의 개발과 적용

Abstract

This study examined the effects on covitality, an integrative variable of positive psychology and positive emotions that respond favorably to life, of a horticulture education program designed to be implemented in schools based on positive psychology. For this purpose, the analysis included a total of 52 6th graders at H Elementary School in Seoul, Korea, with 26 participants in the experimental group and 26 participants in the control group. A total of 13 sessions of the positive psychology horticulture education program were conducted using a two-group pretest-posttest measurement quasi-experimental design. The results of the study showed that the developed positive psychology-based horticulture education program was significantly effective in promoting covitality in the case of elementary school students. It improved the sub-domains of belief in self, belief in others, emotional competence, and engaged living. It also had a significant effect on reducing stress and promoting positive emotions of elementary school students. This study confirmed that positive psychology-based horticulture education programs affect elementary school students' covitality and positive emotions by using a tool that represents an integrated concept including various information beyond a single concept. This study aimed to inform the need for positive psychology-based horticulture education to help elementary school students in the creation of a sense of well-being by increasing their social and emotional competence, and to provide more effective and diverse positive psychology-based horticulture education programs for elementary schools.