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Research Trends of Young Children's Play Using the Semantic Network Analysis

언어네트워크분석을 통한 유아놀이 관련 연구동향 탐색

  • Kim, Jong-Hoon (Department of Child and Family Studies, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Park, Sun-Mi (Department of Child and Family Studies, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
  • 김종훈 (경남과학기술대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 박선미 (경남과학기술대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2019.10.14
  • Accepted : 2020.02.07
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the keywords of studies related to young children's play in the selected registered and candidate academic journals and the network of the keywords by conducting a semantic network analysis. The selected journals were published over the past decade in diverse fields of study that included social sciences and life sciences such as education and early childhood education. The findings of the study were as follows: First, there was a great increase in the studies related to early childhood play over the last five years in comparison with the first term(2009-2013). As a result of analyzing how many studies were included in the journals by field, the largest numbers of the studies were published in the field of education, followed by early childhood education, and life sciences. Second, when the network of the keywords was analyzed, the major keywords in the first term were playfulness, role play, young children, creativity, play, and peer play interaction. In the second term(2014-2018), playfulness was also the most frequently exhibited keyword, followed by young children, play, and peer play behavior. Keywords such as teacher-child interaction, language skills, happiness, cognitive ability, early childhood education newly appeared.

누리과정 개정으로 인해 유아놀이에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 관련 연구의 양적 증대와 더불어 다각적인 연구가 진행되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 최근 10년간 교육학 및 유아교육학을 포함한 사회과학, 생활과학 등 다양한 연구분야에서 발행된 등재후보지 이상의 학술지를 대상으로 언어네트워크분석을 적용하여 시기별 유아놀이 관련 연구의 핵심단어를 도출하고 핵심단어의 중심성 분석을 하고자 하였다. 분석결과로 나타난 주요특성은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유아놀이관련 연구는 1기(2009~2013년)에 비해 최근 5년 간 큰 폭의 키워드 증가를 나타내었고 주제 분야별 학술지 게재현황을 살펴본 결과 교육학, 유아교육, 생활과학, 아동보육, 사회과학 분야의 순으로 나타났다. 둘째, 키워드 네트워크를 분석한 결과 1기(2009~2013년)에는 놀이성, 역할놀이, 유아, 창의성, 놀이, 또래놀이상호작용 등이 중점 키워드로 나타났으며 2기(2014~2018년)에는 놀이성, 유아, 놀이, 또래놀이행동, 또래놀이상호작용 순으로 높은 빈도를 나타냈다. 또한 1기와는 다르게 2기에는 교사·유아 상호작용, 언어능력, 행복감, 인지능력, 유아교육 등의 키워드가 새로이 등장하였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 향후 관련 연구의 발전 방향을 모색하였다.

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