A Study of Learning Activities Using Problem Based Learning To Develop Collaboration Characteristics and Democratization of The Early Childhood Students.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to compare the collaboration andthe democratization of Preschool students before and after the learning activities using problem as a base, 2)to study the opinions of teachers on learning the collaboration andthe democratization of Preschool students. The samples of this research were 36 Preschool students during the first semester of the academic year 2015 of Lamnaraischool in Lopburi province by using simple random sampling. The instruments of research were 1) the plan of learning activities using the problem as a base, 2) a behavioral assessment with collaboration and democratic students with the reliability level of 0.94,and 3)a comments of teachers on learning the collaboration andthe democratization of Preschool students with the reliability level of 0.82. The statistics for data analysis were mean, standard deviation andtest (t-test).

              The results were as follows :

1. The collaboration characteristicsand the democratization of Preschool students using the problem as a base after learning higher before learning  at .05 level.
2. The opinions of teachers on learning the collaboration andthe democratization of Preschool studentsby the overall level was at a high level.