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The Effects of Reading Education Program on the Student’s Empathic Ability and Peer Receptive Attitude to Children with Disabilities

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2010, 11(2), pp.195-214
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

이복순 1 Young-Ha Kang 2 남윤석 3

1대전송촌초등학교
2공주교육대학교
3위덕대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of reading education program on the student’s empathic ability and peer receptive attitude to children with disabilities. The subjects of this study is composed of 60 students in 2 classes of the 5th grade at elementary school in Daejeon. After the pre-test has been administered, the reading education program has been treated twice a week, 12 times in total for the experimental group, but not for control group. After the program was finished, the post-test has been administered simultaneously to both groups. The results were as follows: First, the reading education program had a positive effect on the improvement of empathic ability. Second, the reading education program had a positive effect on the improvement of the peer receptive attitude to children with disabilities. In conclusion, the reading education program has the positive effect on the improvement of empathic ability and the peer receptive attitude to children with disabilities.

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