EFFECT OF EXPERIENCE BASED ON REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH ON COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR OF TODDLER MYIS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) compare the behavior of language used for communication among toddlers before and during the implementation of experience management based on the Reggio Emilia Approach; and 2) study the changing trends of behavior of language used for communication among toddlers during the implementation of experience management based on the Reggio Emilia Approach.  The population used in this research were toddlers, boys and girls, aged between 2-3 years, studied in Pre-Kindergarten in the second semester of the academic year 2023 at MYIS International School. Samples of 15 toddlers were obtained from using cluster random sampling, 1 classroom from 2 classrooms with similar characteristics, using a One-Group Time-Series Design.  The duration of the experiment was 9 weeks, 5 days a week, Monday-Friday from 9.30-10.30 am.   Tools used in this research consisted of experience management based on Reggio Emilia Approach lesson plans with an IOC of .67-1 and behavior of language used for communication among toddlers observation form with the reliability value at .95. Statistics used in the data analysis included mean, standard deviation and One-way Repeated Measures ANOVA.

The research findings revealed that: 1) behavior of language used for communication among toddlers during implementation of experience management based on Reggio Emilia Approach were higher than before the experiment with the statistically significant level of.05  This indicated that the mean of behavior of language used for communication among toddlers differed by at least 1 pair; and 2) the changing trends of behavior of language used for communication among toddlers during implementation of experience management based on the Reggio Emilia Approach were higher.