문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화예술 활동이 전통문화 인지 및 선호도와 또래 상호작용에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties on the recognition and preference of early childhood traditional culture and peer interaction This study examined 46 five-year-old children located at “D” kindergarten in Daegu Metropolitan City. Of the 46 children, 23 children were placed in the experimental group and 23 children in the control group. The experimental group participated in early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties twice a week for a total of 16 times for nine weeks while the control group participated in traditional culture activities based on the revised Nuri curriculum. The instrument of recognition and preference of traditional culture developed by Jeon (2003), supplemented and amended by Kim (2012), was used to measure the recognition and preference of traditional culture. This study applied the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) created by Fantuzzo and others. (1995) as an object of domestic early childhood by Choi and Shin (2008). The collected data in this study were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Results from this study indicated the followings: First, for the early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties, the experimental group had statistically significant effects on the improvement of recognition and preference of traditional culture, specifically within the categories of clothing life, food life, shelter life, traditional arts, cultural property, and traditional play such as folk games compared with the control group. Second, for the early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using the cultural properties, the experimental group had statistically significant effects on positive interaction and play disturbance compared with the control group. In conclusion, results from this study emphasize that early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties are effective in improving the recognition and preference of early childhood traditional culture and peer interaction.