본 연구는 영유아를 위한 세계시민교육 토의 수업에 참여한 H대학원생 어린이집 원장 7명의 세계시민교육 의식 변화를 탐색한 것이다. 연구 참여자 는 2024학년도 1학기 영유아세계시민교육 주제 토의 수업 10회에 참여하였 다. 연구 자료는 토의 수업 대화 전사본, 토의 수업 후 성찰지, 연구자의 연 구 노트 등이다. 자료 분석은 연구 문제를 따르는 구조적 내성 코딩법으로 내용 분석하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 토의 수업 실행을 통해 어린이집 원장은 영유아를 위한 세계시민교육 의식을 재구성하고 변혁적 실천 교육 역량을 함 양하는 것으로 드러났다. 둘째, 영유아세계시민교육에 대한 영유아교사의 집 중 토의 필요성과 소중함을 인식하게 되었다고 한다. 특히, 영유아세계시민 교육을 주제로 한 집중 토의법은 영유아교사의 재교육 방법으로 적극 활용되 어야 할 것이다. 향후 연구에서는 어린이집 원장이 주체가 되어 원내 영유아 교사들과 세계시민교육 주제 토의 실천을 하는 질적 연구를 통해 영유아세계 시민교육에 대한 현장의 변혁적 역량 형성을 제고하는 심층적 연구가 필요함 을 제언한다.

With the development of technology, innovations are taking place in the education field, with smart device-based Chinese educational applications drawing attention. This study examines the current status of Chinese educational applications in Korea, China, and the U.S., and explores possible directions to design effective applications for Korean young learners. A total of 179 applications from three countries were investigated and classified based on educational application criteria. Among them, the top five applications were selected from each country using ratings and reviews. Each application was then evaluated and analyzed according to the evaluation criteria. The results demonstrated that applications from the U.S. were the highest scoring overall and highest in terms of content, with applications from China highest in terms of function. The result also presented three common problems, which are limited types of applications, the absence of camera function utilization, and the lack of learning activities to experience Chinese culture. This study recommends further discussions on Chinese educational applications with the broadened scope of application types and target learners.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has conducted the Dietary Education Projects at Childcare Centers since 2015. This study provides preliminary data for early childhood dietary education programs, by evaluating the outcomes of the projects. This survey enrolled 212 participants whose children had participated in the projects, and 142 non-participants. Comparing the perception of importance towards each educational program of the projects, dietary education program gained significantly higher importance than other subjects included, and was significantly higher in the participants than in non-participants. In the preference for food group survey for children, vegetable and seaweed preferences were higher among participants than non-participants, indicating that participation in the dietary education projects contribute towards increase in preferences for vegetables and seaweed, which children generally dislike. No significant differences were observed in children’s dietary habits between participant and non-participant groups, thereby suggesting that the education projects were insufficient for inducing dietary habit changes. In order to accomplish effective improvement of dietary habits, the education projects need further improvements to achieve systematic and long-term plans.

This study examined the effects of ‘Dietary education for children’s health UP’ (DECHUP) on the changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of nutrition and food safety in 5th grade elementary school students in Incheon. The DECHUP program was conducted from May to October 2018 and consisted of education and activities focusing on the children’s levels of understanding. Data were collected before, immediately after, and 6 weeks after DECHUP using the same method. All data were analyzed using SPSS ver 20.0. The level of knowledge and attitudes of the subjects to nutrition and food safety was significantly higher after than before DECHUP, but the attitude of boys did not show any significant difference after 6 weeks. Although there were no significant differences in the behavior for nutrition in the practice of the subjects, there were significant positive changes in the behavior of food safety. The higher the satisfaction of DECHUP, the more positive the change in knowledge, and the more positive the attitude and practice behaviors. Therefore, DECHUP has positive effects on the KAP of the subjects, and it will be helpful for elementary school students to form desirable eating habits if it can be carried out periodically and continuously.

본 연구는 생태교육 프로그램 운영 및 개발과 교수에 대한 학습방법에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 생태학습에 관한 어린이집 교사들의 인식 및 실태에 있어 파생되는 문제 및 개선점을 알아보고, 생태기술력의 영향으로 국가경 쟁력이 미래유아교육의 발전과 유아들의 생태적 사고 능력 및 창의성 기르기의 중요성과 질 높은 교육의 기회가 적절한 시기에 제공함으로써 유아교육 발전을 위한 생태교육에 있어 교사양성 및 현직교사연수를 국가차원에서 이루어져야 할 것이다.