생활발명 활동이 유아의 창의성과 과학적 문제해결력, 과학적 태도에 미치는 영향

초록

This study was undertaken on the premise that everyday life invention opportunities occur in all of our lives, including our very young lives and that such invention requires a disposition to recognize problems and a belief that one can find ways to solve them. These are also key requisite abilities in creativity and scientific problem-solving and attitude. Subjects were thirty-seven 5-year-old children from two day centers in Seoul. Eighteen 5 year-old children from Y district comprised the experimental group which engaged in guided everyday life invention activities 17 times for 6 weeks while nineteen 5-year-old children from D child care center in the same district served as the control group and engaged in regular day care activities. The results of the assessments of creativity, scientific problem solving and attitudes of the two groups reveal: 1) the everyday life invention activities had a positive effect on children's creativity: 2) they showed a positive effect on children's scientific problem solving skills: 3) and they had a positive influence on the increase of children's scientific attitudes. In sum, by confirming the integrative connectivity of everyday life invention activities to creativity and scientific problem-solving and attitudes, these findings provide a powerful rationale for using such inventive thinking activities in early childhood settings.

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