본 연구는 놀이와 유아의 문식성 발달과 관련하여 세 가지 다른 관점인 인지적, 생태학적, 사회문화적 접근의 논의들을 살펴보고, 각 관점에 의해 행해진 최근 연구들의 결과를 분석하였다. 인지적 관점의 연구들은 주로 놀이 가운데 상징놀이와 문식성이 공유하고 있는 인지적 요소들을 밝혀내고, 이런 관련성을 토대로 유아의 문식성 발달을 돕기 위한 중재 프로그램의 개발과 실행에 그 관심이 모아졌다. 반면, 생태적 접근은 문식성 발달을 유아와 가정, 사회 그리고 국가가 동시적으로 관여하는 역동적 과정으로 이해한다. 이에 생태적 관점의 연구는 Bronfenbrenner(1979)가 제시한 생태적 체계내의 여러 요소들이 놀이와 유아의 문식성 발달에 미치는 영향에 관해 조사하였다. 또한 사회문화적 관점은 놀이를 통한 문식성 발달 과정에 사회 문화적 요인이 어떤 영향력을 행사하는지를 확인하였다. 끝으로 본 연구는 놀이와 유아의 문식성 발달과 관련하여 앞으로의 연구 과제를 제시했다.
This study first identifies three perspectives of the relationship between children’s play and literacy development: cognitive, ecological, and socio-cultural and examines the most recent research trends in each respective perspective. The study findings reveal that the cognitive approach focuses on identifying cognitive elements shared by symbolic play and literacy, thus allowing teachers to use them to develop and implement play based intervention programs for literacy development. The ecological approach, on the other hand, understands literacy development as a dynamic process involving simultaneous participation of children, their parents, society, an government. With this view, researchers are able to investigate the impact of various factors identified by Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological system on children’s play and their literacy development. Finally, the socio-cultural approach looks at socio-cultural factors which affect the literacy development process through play. The conclusion of the study suggests that future research should combine and integrate all three perspectives to determine the direction of programmatic development for children's play and literacy development.
This study first identifies three perspectives of the relationship between children’s play and literacy development: cognitive, ecological, and socio-cultural and examines the most recent research trends in each respective perspective. The study findings reveal that the cognitive approach focuses on identifying cognitive elements shared by symbolic play and literacy, thus allowing teachers to use them to develop and implement play based intervention programs for literacy development. The ecological approach, on the other hand, understands literacy development as a dynamic process involving simultaneous participation of children, their parents, society, an government. With this view, researchers are able to investigate the impact of various factors identified by Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological system on children’s play and their literacy development. Finally, the socio-cultural approach looks at socio-cultural factors which affect the literacy development process through play. The conclusion of the study suggests that future research should combine and integrate all three perspectives to determine the direction of programmatic development for children's play and literacy development.