DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S SOCIAL BEHAVIORS THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE HIGH/SCOPE APPROACH FOR MIXED-AGE CLASSROOMS, WATTA SCHOOL, CHAINAT PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the relationship of preschool children’s social behaviors before and after implementation of creative arts activities based on the High/Scope approach for mixed-age classrooms; and 2) compare preschool children’s social behaviors before and after implementation of creative arts activities based on the High/Scope approach for mixed-age classrooms. The population used in this research consisted of 16 preschool children, boys and girls, aged between 4-5 years studying in Kindergarten year 2 and aged between 5-6 years studying in Kindergarten year 3 in the 1st semester of the academic year 2023 which was organized into mixed-age classrooms at Watta School in Chainat Province.The research instruments were 24 creative arts activities based on the High/Scope approach for mixed-age classrooms lesson plans with the IOC of 1.00 and preschool children’s social behavior observation form which covered 3 aspects: assisting, cooperating, and sharing with the IOC of 1.00. The experiment took 8 weeks, 3 days a week, with 50 minutes each during creative arts activities session. The statistics used to analyze data were mean, standard deviation and Chi-square Test.
The research results revealed that:
1. preschool children’s social behaviors before and after implementation of creative arts activities based on the High/Scope approach for mixed-age classrooms, there were relationships in overall and in each aspect.
2. preschool children’s social behaviors after implementation of creative arts activities based on the High/Scope approach for mixed-age classrooms was higher than before the experiment.