The Effect of Parent Involvement of Activity Package Utilization through Aesthetic Dialogue Process to Develop Self Discipline of Preschool Children

Abstract

The Effect of Parent Involvement of Activity Package Utilization through Aesthetic Dialogue Process to Develop Self Discipline of Preschool Children

The purposes of this study were; 1) to study parents’ needs in developing self discipline of preschool children; 2) to study parents’ understanding on self discipline of preschool children; 3) to study preschool children’s understanding on self discipline; 4) to study the effect of parent Involvement of activity package utilization through aesthetic dialogue process to develop self discipline of preschool children. The target  group  used in this study were 12 male and female preschool children ranging in age between 5 to 6 years old. They were studying in Kindergarten level 2 class in the first semester, year of 2015 at Banuthaitong School, Nakhonratchasima Province, 12 preschool parents and classroom teacher. The research instruments were interview form of preschool parents’ needs in developing self discipline of preschool children, test of parents’ understanding of preschool children’s self discipline, test of preschool children’s understanding of self discipline, parent involvement activity package utilization through aesthetic dialogue process to develop self discipline of preschool children, and observation form of preschool children’s self discipline for teacher. The obtained data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and content analysis.

The results found that; 1) preschool parents needs self discipline training mostly in responsibility, the lower priority were self-dependency and self control respectively; 2) preschool parents and their children increased understanding on self discipline; 3) parent involvement and aesthetic dialogue process developed all areas of self discipline of preschool children.