FUTURE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR CHILDHOOD STUDENTS OF NAKHON PHANOM UNIVERSITY DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL, PHANOM PITTAYAPAT, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, NAKHON PHANOM

Abstract

           This research aimed to 1) develop essential skills for the future of early childhood students, 2) develop a learning experience plan that promotes essential skills for the future of early childhood students, and 3) compare learning skills by organizing learning experiences that promote essential skills for the future between before and after learning. The sample consisted of 35 early childhood students at the Demonstration School of Nakhon Phanom Phitthayalai University, Faculty of Education, Nakhon Phanom University, who were selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were 1) the learning experience plan for essential skills for the future of early childhood students, 2) the observation form for organizing learning experiences for essential skills for the future of early childhood students, 3) the assessment form for measuring basic thinking skills, and 4) the satisfaction questionnaire for the developed learning experiences. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation, and Dependent Samples t-test.

           The research results found that the basic thinking skills of early childhood children who received the learning experience were significantly higher after studying than before studying at a statistical level of .01. Early childhood children were highly satisfied with the learning experience ( = 2.78, SD = 0.45).