유아체육교육의 연구동향 분석과 향후 과제

초록

This study has its purpose in performing a comprehensive analysis of the South Korean studies on physical education for young children to conduct an extensive survey of and a critical discussion of the research details and trend. For this, a systematic review was done to collect literature related to the physical education for young children, and the keywords of ‘physical activities of young children’, ‘physical education for young children’, and ‘health and body in the Nuri curriculum’ were used to get its final selection of 409 studies. The data was analyzed in the three categories of research period, research method, and research area and research topic in the area. First, the research period was categorized into the first period between 1986 and 1999, the second period between 2000 and 2004, the third period between 2005 and 2011, and the fourth period between 2012 to present. Second, research methods include quantitative research, qualitative research, literature review, and integrated research, out of which quantitative research takes up 73%. Third, research category comprised leader, learner, educational curriculum, environment, and basic research, from each of which categories a specific topic was identified. The research related to programs in the curriculum took up a large portion of 65.3%. In a bid to improve the field practices in the physical education, the study has discussed the diversification of research methods, the effort to create an academic discipline out of the physical education for young children, and the increasing of policy attention to the development of the physical education for young children. The study emphasizes the need for enhancing the specialization in the education studies among those researchers in the physical education for young children, conducting a meta-analysis to test the effectiveness, and expanding the research area.

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