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포스트발표 Korean-andEuropean-Mothers'Attitudesand PracticesofPhysicalEducationfortheir Preschoolers AudreyHokoda AssociateProfessor,SanDiegoStateUniversity,USA HelenSong GraduateSchoolofSanDiegoStateUniversity,USA You-MeHan AssociateProfessor,HoseoUniversity,Korea INTRODUCTION Parentsholdbeliefsaboutchildrenandchildhood,andthesebeliefshave adirectimpactonthechildthroughparentalbehaviors.However,mostof researcheshavebeenfocusedontheacademicorsocialdomainwhile physicaldevelopmentandeducationisveryimportantduringtheearly childhood.ThepurposeofthisstudyistoinvestigatewhetherKorean mothersandEuropeanAmericanmothersdifferintermsofeducational attitudeforathletics.Also,itaimstocompareKorean-and European-motherschoiceofextracurricularactivitiesfocusedongym, ’ soccer,anddanceetc.