Abstract
This study, 2nd grade students from the Department of Early Childhood Education at S University in G City developed a multicultural play program through PBL classes, and explored changes in students' multicultural awareness during the development process. As a result of study, the multicultural play program developed by students enabled a play-experientaial understading of diversity, moving beyond a tourism-oriented approach. This multicultural program reflected the play-oriented Nuri curriculum, and resulting in a reduction of biases towards multiculturalism. Students' perception of multiculturalism changed as they realized that multicultural preschoolers were no different from their peers. They also recognized that excessive consideration and kindness towards multicultural individuals could lead to discomfort. Despite feeling anxious about how well they could interact with multicultural individuals after the multicultural education class, they acknowledged the importance of multicultural competencies in the future and expressed their willingness to apply what they had learned. For future research, it is suggested to utilize the compilation of play activities and analyze the outcomes to develop a practical and systematic multicultural program.
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