Use of Project-based Learning in Promoting Early Childhood Development

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study project-based learning plans to promote the development of preschool children 2) to study early childhood development by using project-based learning. The population included 175 second term kindergarten 3 students in the second term of the academic year 2016 at a well-known private school in the Mueang district, Chiang Mai province. The samples were 34 students in classroom Orange. The 12 male and 22 female students between the age of 5 - 6 years were selected as the target group by using purposive sampling technique. The instruments used in this research were project-based learning plans, worksheets of each subject which the students were interested in, four aspects of development were evaluated for each child and T-test was implemented before and after using the project-based learning plans.

The results of this research found that:

1. project-based learning management is a form of instruction that can be used to develop early childhood learners, with the teacher acting as supervisor. For the teacher, it is important to have a good understanding of what is going on in the classroom.
2. The testing and T-test results (p= .05) found significant improvement in aspects of development, including physical, social, emotional-psychological, and intellectual.