Korean J Child Stud. 2005; 26(1): 347-357.
The Effect of the Nature-Friendly Program on Children`s Emotional Intelligence
자연친화적 프로그램이 아동의 정서지능에 미치는 효과
노성향
Sung Hyang Rho
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Nature-friendly program on children`s Emotional Intelligence. The subjects of this study were two groups(experimental group and non experimental group). Each group consists of 30(8 years olds) elementary school children in Seoul. Examination of Emotional Intelligence was applied to determine the homogeneity of 2 groups. Experimental group received 10 Nature-friendly programs for 15 weeks from July 2004 to October 2004. After Nature-friendly programs ended, post examination of Emotional Intelligence was applied. The result of this research was as follow. When Nature-friendly programs was applied, there were significant differences in the degree of emotional intelligence in the experimental group. Children who were involved in nature-friendly program increased in emotional intelligence. Nature-friendly program was effective in the sub-factors of self-awareness, self-regulation, other-awareness, other-regulation of emotional intelligence.
Key words :
nature-friendly program, emotional intelligence, discretion class
