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This research analyzed various education methods to improve the perception and attitude on the subject of “handicapped”. In the analysis process, I investigated the changing process of children’s perception towards the handicapped children. Additionally, I investigated the general features in the perception changing process, exploring the educational meaning of the various activities for improving the perception in the field of children education. I used the qualitative data on the ‘handicapped related activities’ from the 5 year old class in the kindergarten affiliated with C University from 6 May 2008 to 10 June 2008. The research questions of this research are as follows. First, how does the children’s perception of ‘handicap’ and ‘handicapped person’ change in the class? The perception and understanding of each child are totally different from each other before the class. However, as the class goes on, the new perception is established with the intentional introduction of the subject and the offering of information by a teacher. Furthermore, in terms of the ‘type’ and ‘terms’, children come to have the correct understanding with their voluntary concern so they can recognize the capability of a ‘handicapped’ person. The change of attitude naturally leads to the right understanding. Second, how the attitude of children towards the person changed by the ‘handicap’ program? There are four types of attitudes in the changing process of children’s attitude. First, ‘fear’ and ‘un-familiarity’ turn out to be ‘familiarity’ with the progress of the program. The ‘avoidance’ children improved by the activity to think in the place of the ‘handicapped’. The other prominent attitude was ‘compassion’. They recognized that all people are precious and special, so that they could focus on the common features with the ‘handicapped’ rather than differences, knowing they could make friends with those who have different abilities. In the meantime the ‘conditional acceptance’ changed into ‘active acceptance’. The program in which children take initiative naturally improves the understanding and attitude towards the ‘handicapped’ in the non-handicapped children class. The program may take an important role to form integrated education. In terms of the role of the program, the ‘handicap’ program in the class has important meaning.

한국어

본 연구는 ‘장애’ 주제를 다루면서 다양한 활동을 통해 만 5세 유아들의 장애 및 장애인에 대한 이해와 태도가 어떠한 과정으로 변해 가는지를 알아보려는 목적으로 이루어졌다. 이를 위해 서울 동작구의 C대학교부속유치원의 만 5세반에서 2008년 5월 6일부터 2008년 6월 10일까지 ‘장애’주제 활동에 대한 질적 자료를 수집하여 질적 분석하였다. 연구결과, 유아들 은 장애의 개념, 유형, 용어, 능력 이해에서 긍정적 변화를 나타냈다. 아울러 장애에 대한 태 도측면에서 두려움에서 친밀감으로 회피에서 도움주기로, 동정에서 우정으로, 조건적 수용에 서 무조건 수용으로의 변화가 나타났다.