The purpose of this study is to examine the distribution of the eight core virtues of character education and the sub-components of each virtue in picture books for young children. The specific research questions selected for this are as follows.
Rese...
The purpose of this study is to examine the distribution of the eight core virtues of character education and the sub-components of each virtue in picture books for young children. The specific research questions selected for this are as follows.
Research problem 1. What is the distribution of the eight core virtues of character education in picture books for young children?
Research problem 2. What is the distribution of sub-components of eight core virtues of character education in picture books for young children?
The subjects of this study are the top 10 books of monthly bestsellers since January 2016 among the top three children's picture books of 4 to 7 years old in the top three online bookstores in Korea according to the sales ranking record during the period from January 2016 to August 2019. Among the collected books, 91 picture books were selected for the final analysis, excluding duplicate books and books that did not contain stories.
In order to analyze the distribution of character education virtues in picture books for young children, the analysis standard table of Lee Eun-jeong (2016) study was used focusing on the eight core virtues of character education, which were suggested by the Character Education Promotion Act (2015).
The analysis was conducted from September 2nd to October 26th, 2019, and frequency analysis was performed by calculating frequency and percentage. The results of this study are summarized as follows.
First, as a result of analyzing the distribution of the eight core virtues of personality education in the best-selling picture books of young children, 277 virtues were analyzed in the picture books of 91 children, followed by communication, consideration, respect, cooperation, responsibility, manners, filial duty, and honesty. The eight core virtues of character education are all dealt with in picture books of young children, but virtues are somewhat biased.
Second, as a result of analyzing the distribution of sub-components by eight core virtues of character education in children's best-selling picture books, consideration among virtues was dealt with in picture books relatively evenly, but each sub-component of other virtues was concentrated in picture books.
In conclusion, this study suggests that the virtues of character education for young children should be distributed evenly in picture books for young children in the future, focusing on the eight core virtues of character education in the Personality Education Promotion Act for the practice of proper character education in early childhood.