유치원에서의 「벽화」프로젝트 활동이 유아의 그리기표상능력과 친사회적 행동에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of ‘Mural Painting’ project activity in kindergarten on young children’s drawing representation ability and pro-social behavior. The research questions for the study were as follows: 1. What are the effects of ‘Mural Painting’ project activity in kindergarten on young children s drawing representation ability? 2. What are the effects of ‘Mural Painting’ project activity in kindergarten on young children s pro-social behavior? The subjects were 48 five-year-old children attending kindergartens which are located in G City and H City, consisting of 24 children in the experiment group and 24 children in the control group. The experiment group experienced the ‘Mural Painting’ project activity for 9 weeks, while the control group did the common art education activities. As research tools, drawing representation ability test and pro-social behavior test were used. The data were analyzed by t-test. The results showed that ‘Mural Painting’ project activity in kindergarten had positive effects on improvement of young children s drawing representation ability and pro-social behavior.