ENHANCING HEALTH TEACHING COMPETENCY THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN COURSE USING ACTIVE LEARNING AND SELF-ORGANIZED LEARNING APPROACHES

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Yanpeng Niu
Chatchai Muangpatom

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The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare the health teaching competencies between the experimental group and the control group after completing the course; and 2) to study the satisfaction of the experimental group’s pre-service teachers towards the health education for preschool children course using active learning and self-organized learning approaches. The population consisted of 100 students who were enrolled in three classes for preschool children course in the first semester of 2024. The sample consisted of 100 students, divided into two groups, each of which was 50: control group and experimental group, selected by stratified sampling method. The research instruments were a self-assessment scale of health teaching competency, and a questionnaire of satisfaction. The results were as follows:


  1. The improvement in the experimental group was 17.7 scores, much higher than the 12.2 scores improvement in the control group.

  2. The experimental group’s overall satisfaction with the course was the highest level, with a mean of 4.56 (S.D. = 0.051).

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