Scientific Learning Sources and the Educational Benchmark of the Early Childhood Education in the three Southernmost Province of Thailand
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A scientific skill development at an early childhood level should provide appropriate source of learning. It should also be in the line with benchmark stipulated in the Thai National Education Act. The focus of this research be in accordance with the educational benchmark in relation to the early childhood education. The participation method was employed with the three schools in Yala, in which there is no difference in terms of learning environments to the schools in Pattani and Narathiwas. The sample consisted of 9 early childhood teachers, 84 early childhood pupils and 52 undergraduate students who are undertaking an Early Childhood Programme. The research was conducted by comparing the mean score before and after the development of the scientific learning sources of those samples is conducted. The t-test was employed for the research hypothesis as well as the SPSS for Windows programme. Moreover, the techniques of survey, interviewing and the focus group were also employed. The data was analyzed though triangulation. The finding revealed that the developed scientific learning sources are in line with the benchmark stipulated in the Early Childhood Education (1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,10th,14th,16th,17th, and 18th benchmarks). It can be concluded that the developed scientific leaning sources are in accordance with the early childhood education benchmark. Further than that, these learning sources in the school context is appropriate to the learning management for early childhood pupils in the 3 southernmost province compare e=with the outdoor study. This is rooted from the unrest situations and the shortage of the budget supporting.
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