Development of Learning Experience Activities Using Parent Engagement to Enhance Respectful Mind of Early Childhood Students in Multicultural Context

Abstract

The purpose of this research were: 1) to construct and find the efficiency of experiential activities using parent engagement to enhance respectful mind of early childhood students in multicultural context at the level of 75/75 2) to compare respectful mild of early childhood before and after by using the parent engagement for enhance respectful mild of early childhood in multicultural context. The research procedure comprised with 2 steps of research and development were as follows.

Step 1: constructing and finding the effectiveness of experiential activities by parent engagement for enhance respectful mild of early childhood in multicultural context at the level of 75/75 by consider the suitability of the activities by three experts then tries out with 3 of early childhood 3/1 at pamaiutid 4 school to appropriateness of content,language and time. After revised the model, it was tried out with 9 students to assess the efficiency of activities at the level of 75/75. The tools applied in the research include the form evaluating the activity appropriateness, the form evaluating experiential activities by parent engagement for enhance respectful mild of early childhood in multicultural context, the form examining the consistency of and the data were analysed by mean standard deviation and E₁/E₂.

Step 2: compare respectful mild of early childhood before and after by using parent engagement to enhance respectful mild of early childhood in multicultural context. The tools applied in the research include the respectful mind test for early childhood student. The sample was 27 of early childhood class 3/4 pamaiutit4 school. Applied specific selection method. The research design was one group pretest-posttest design.

The results of the study revealed that

1. experiential activities by parent engagement had 4 steps were as follow; 1) participation in decision making. 2) participation in the practice 3) participation in receiving benefits 4) participation in the evaluation experiential activities by family involvement had appropriated quality with highest level (Mean=4.8, S.D.=0.29) and effectiveness equal 76.57/75.41
2. Result of experiential activities by parent engagement respectful mild of early childhood in the posttest were higher than that of the pretest with statistical level of .01