Storytelling to Promote Moral Behaviors of Early Childhood Studying in Child Development Centers, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

This study aimed to 1) compare the moral behavior in early childhood before and after the storytelling activities; and 2) learn about the factors affecting the moral behavior in early childhood. The sample included 30 early childhood studying a child development center of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, and another 10 parents of those children. The subjects were selected the specific sampling. The data was collected from the Moral Behavior Scale in Early Childhood and interview form as supported by the Office of the Education Council, Ministry of Education, which was the pre-test and post-test data from the experimental research, and other data from the in-depth interview. Such data was analysed in the quantitative approach by using the descriptive statistics, and Dependent Sample ttest. The content analysis was based on the qualitative approach. The research instruments involved: 1) moral stories, 2) Moral Behavior Scale in Early Childhood, and 3) data from the in-depth interview with the teachers and parents of such subjects.

The results showed that: 1) post-test moral behavior scores obtained by the subjects were higher than their pre-test scores at the 0.001 level of significance in 3 aspects whereas the aspect gaining the most average scores was self-control, followed by generosity, and self-reliance respectively and 2) factors affecting the moral behavior in early childhood were the environment factor and development factor.