유아 자연친화교육에 관한 국내 연구 동향

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The study aims to examine the general research trends in early childhood nature-friendly education and provide educational implications and systemic development basis for further research of early childhood nature-friendly education. For this purpose, the study examines a total of 404 studies including 241 domestic graduation theses and 163 research articles published during 1997-2016 in early childhood research with nature education related to nature-friendly education according to the research methods, research subjects, and research contents. The results of this study are as follows. First, the research methods, using a quantitative approach like experimental research and survey research were most numerous. Second, in the category of research subjects, using human beings and human reproduction were much emphasized, and children aged five were the early childhood age group most targeted. Third, regarding research contents, a lot of research has been done on the development of educational activities and programs. In particular, studies of nature appreciation in approaches to educational activities, nature-friendly education in topics, and natural attitudes in dependent variables were most studied.

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