EFFECT OF ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES USING LEARNING RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT AFFECT TO SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN AT LAMSALIDTHONG PHATTHANA COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER BANGKOK

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare preschool children’s social behaviors before and after implementing community learning resources activities at Lamsalidthong Phatthana Community Child Development Center, Bangkok. The population included 3 classrooms of 90 preschool children, boys and girls, aged 3 - 4 years, studied in kindergarten preparatory class at the 1st semester in academic year 2024 at Lamsalidthong Phatthana Community Child Development Center. A sample group of 30 preschool children, studied in kindergarten preparatory class, Loma room was selected by simple random sampling, 1classroom from 3 classrooms, all classrooms had similar characteristics. Tools used in the research included 24 community learning resources activities lesson plans and preschool children’s social behaviors observation form including 3 aspects; accepting similarities and differences between individuals e.g., playing and doing activities with peers who are different from oneself, helping others who are different, conversing with children who are different, interacting well with others e.g., playing cooperatively with friends, smiling or greeting familiar adults, saying thank you and apologizing appropriately, and having the basics practices for being a good member of society e.g., following agreed-upon rules, acting as a leader or a follower, and listening to others’ opinions with an IOC between 0.67 - 1.00. The duration of the experiment was 8 weeks, 3 days a week, 30 minutes a day during the experience enhancement activities with an IOC of 0.67 - 1.00 Statistics used in this research included mean, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test.
The results revealed that preschool children after implementing community learning resources activities had higher social behaviors than before the experiment with statistical significance at the 0.05 level, both overall and in each aspect including: accepting similarities and differences between individuals (M = 8.20, SD = 0.89), interacting well with others (M = 8.10, SD = 0.84), and having the basics practices for being a good member of society (M = 7.87, SD = 1.04).