다문화 정보 그림책을 활용한 유아 다문화 교육이유아의 다문화 인식에 미치는 영향

초록

This study investigates the effects of multi-cultural information picture books on young children's multi-cultural awareness. It develops eight multi-cultural picture books about six countries which represent the majority of multi-cultural families in Korea: Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Filipino. The participants of the study were 59 five-year-olds from one preschool in Kyungsang Province. The children were divided into three groups: an experimental, a comparison group, and a control group. The experimental group received multi-cultural education based on multi-cultural information picture books. The comparison group received multi-cultural education based on pictures. Finally, the control group received no treatment. A series of ANCOVA analyses were conducted to examine the effects of the treatment on young children. The results revealed statically significant differences across the groups regarding their multi-cultural awareness. More specifically, the experimental group earned higher scores than the other two groups in all three areas. The results indicate that multi-cultural picture books are effective educational materials for multi-cultural education for young children.

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