본 연구는 협동적 집단게임 활동이 유아의 역할수용능력에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는지를 알아보는데 목적이 있으며 이를 통하여 협동적 집단게임을 통한 교수·학습방법의 기초자료를 제공하는데 그 의의가 있다. 유아의 역할수용능력 검사를 위하여 Selman과 Byrne(1974), Flavell, Botkin과 Fey(1968), Landry와 Lyons-Ruth(1980)의 과제를 이미진(1985)이 번안·수정하고, 이현경(2000)이 재수정한 검사 도구를 사용하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 협동적 집단게임 활동은 유아의 역할수용능력에 유의미한 수준에서 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 협동적 집단게임 활동에 따른 유아의 역할수용능력은 성별에 따라 유의미한 수준에서 차이가 나지 않았다.

The purpose of this paper is to see what kinds of effects cooperative group games have on young children's role taking ability and to provide basic material concerning relevant teaching/learning methods.This paper sets its research subjects as follows:1. Do cooperative group games really have effects on young children's role taking ability?2. Does the gender affect young children's role taking ability in cooperative group games?This research was conducted by 46 five-year olds(23 in the treatment group and 23 in the controlled group) at "N" Kindergarten in Bucheon, Korea. As for research tools, this research used those of Selman and Byrne(1974), Flavell, Botkin and Fey(1968), and Landry and Lyonds-Ruth(1980), as translated and revised by Lee Mi-jin(1985) and re-revised by Lee Hyun-gyung(2000) for measurement of examination results of young children's role taking ability.Treatment of data was based on T-test of differences between groups and genders of the prior and the subsequent test score of role taking ability on the part of both the treatment group and the controlled group.The results of this research are as follows: First, cooperative group game activities appear to show statistically significant difference in young children's role taking ability, (p<.001) which can be interpreted as their having positive effect s on young children's role taking ability. Second, the factor of gender does not show significant difference in young children's role taking ability through cooperative group game activities.

• 노수자(부천시 상인초등학교병설유치원 교사) | Roh, Soo-Ja