Abstract

Objectives As an exploratory study for elementary school play space innovation, this study aims to prepare basic data for school play space innovation research by figuring out the factors of elementary school play space.
 Methods For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 164 incumbent elementary school teachers in 6 districts nationwide. The data collected through the survey were statistically processed using the SPSS WIN (18.0) program.
 Results As a result of the analysis, a total of 6 factors were derived. The factors were named adventurous, child initiative, safety, child characteristics, accessibility, and sufficiency according to their characteristics.
 Conclusions In order to innovate the elementary school play space, first, it is necessary to take a physical approach that reflects the factors of adventurous, safety, accessibility, and sufficiency. Second, a child-centered approach that reflects factors such as child initiative and child characteristics is required. Through this, it is expected that it will be possible to configure a practical and specific play space suitable for elementary school.

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