본 연구는 동물매개교육을 통해 대학생의 긍정심리자본에 미치는 영향을 알아 보기 위 하여 시행되었다. 연구방법은 단일군 전후 실험설계 방법을 설계로 진행하였다. 긍정심리 자본은 조직과 개인의 발전을 초래하는 개인의 긍정적인 심리 상태로 자기효능감, 희망, 낙관주의, 복원력으로 구성되어 있다. 동물매개교육이 대학생의 긍정심리자본향상에 영 향을 미친다는 것이 본 연구의 결과이다. 따라서 대학 교육에서 동물매개교육 프로그램을 도입하여 학생들의 긍정 심리자본을 향상시키는 데에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

This study was designed to verify the effects of Animal Assisted Therapy program on aggressive children’s school life improvements and social skills. The 2 children chosen for the study under agreements were brothers raised by violent. father and uncaring mother. The children were both having trouble adjusting to school rules and regulations with distracted and aggressive attitudes accompanied by inadequate social skills towards classmates and teachers they associated with. The AAT program was proposed as a form of educational donation and conducted as 14 sessions of 40 minutes for each child as an individual therapy session at the elementary school consultation room, Daejeon, once a week after school hours, with 2 therapy dogs, a cat or birds controlled by 1 therapist. KSD : Kinetic School Drawing, KFD : Kinetic Family Drawing, SCT : Sentence Completion Test were used as the scales to measure the effects of Animal Assisted Therapy on this study. KSD analysis showed the differences between the preliminary and the post tests, which changed from the violent expression to the positive and cooperative behaviors with their associates as well as their participations in the class. KFD also showed dramatic changes from isolation of each family member to gathering and sharing a space among family members despite absence of their mother. SCT: Sentence Completion Test showed their emotions more in detail related to the recent changes in family matters. The realistic achievement of this study was that the family was arranged to go under control of the Ward Office by Family Solution Project, which would insure continuous monitoring and further care. The education and consultation for the fosterers were also to be offered on a regular basis.

Construction of the 'Two-degree Field' (2dF) instrument on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is now virtually complete and commissioning is well underway. The key components are described. Several recent milestones are reported, including the first scientific results. Future prospects and plans are discussed.