Objective: This study aims to analyze the overall effect size of each program by comprehensively collecting various sustainable development-based program studies based conducted in Korea, on young children.
Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted on the subject of infant/child sustainable development-based programs. To analyze the collected data, the effect size was calculated using the ‘meta’ package version 4.9-9 from version 3.5.3 of the R program.
Results: Thirteen documents were selected, all published after the 2010s, and the teaching-learning method of programs based on sustainable development was the most experienced based on the Nuri curriculum, which is a national-level curriculum. In this program, environmental scales were mainly used. The targeted age was 5 years old, and many programs consisted of 16 sessions. The meta-analysis applied the wireless model, and the overall effect size was 1.95, which was a significantly large effect level. The difference between the control variables was confirmed by teaching variables and learning methods.
Conclusions: This study provided significant basic data for follow-up studies, by comprehensively uncovering the effective size of sustainable development-based young children’s programs through systematic review.