The Relationship Between Young Children’s Imagination, Classroom Literacy Environment and Teacher-Young Children’s Interaction by Teacher’s Evaluation

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between imagination, classroom literacy environment and teacher’s interaction with young children. The subjects were 236 kindergarten’ children in Gwangju and Daejeon. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson's and multiple regression using the SPSS/PC Computer Program. The major results of this study were as follows; First, there was a significant positive relationship between imagination, classroom literacy environment and teacher’s interaction with young children. Second, the classroom literacy environment and teacher interaction were a positive factor in predicting creative behaviors. In conclusion, the result of this study confirmed that young children's classroom literacy environment and teacher interaction are important factors in predicting the imagination of young children. Implications for future research and practices are recurrently being discussed.