세시풍속은 오랜 세월 동안 자연의 변화에 적응하면서 일정한 형식을 갖추어 생활양식으로 정착한 것이다(김현정, 2008; 하정연, 2004). 세시풍속은 농경생활과 밀접하게 연관되어 있으며, 지역적 특성과 역사적 배경, 사회생활 등에 따라 다양한 모습으로 형성되어 왔다. 세시풍속은 일년을 주기로 계절마다 반복되기 때문에 연중행사로서 일정 시기에 같은 생활을 반복하는 행위 로 나타난다(김종연, 2005; 하정연, 2004). 즉, 세시풍속은 의식주와 놀이 등 전통의 생활양식을 총체적으로 포괄하는 전통문화다.
Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of science activities related to seasonal customs on young children’s scientific inquiry abilities and communicative competences. Methods: Participants consisted of twenty-six 5-year-old children who were going to day care center in Gwangju metropolitan city. Half of them belonged to the experimental group and the other half to the comparative group. The experimental group participated in science activities related to seasonal customs, and the comparative group participated in science activities according to the Nuri curriculum. Results: The results of this study showed that scientific inquiry abilities and communicative competences of the young children in the experimental group were meaningfully improved. That is to say, the scores of the five sub factors of scientific inquiry abilities and the two sub factors of communicative competences of the experimental group were meaningfully higher than those of the comparative group. Conclusion/Implications: It is significant that this study provides basic information for future science activities related to seasonal customs that will be conducted in the early childhood field.
Ⅰ. 서 론 Ⅱ. 연구방법 Ⅲ. 결과 및 해석 Ⅳ. 논의 및 결론 참고문헌
