The development of kindergartners’ skills in children behavior’s observation Through active learning in the Montessori Education Course by students in Bachelor of Pedagogy in Childhood’s learning

Abstract

The initial objective of this research is to develop children’s behavior observation skill, a desirable trait for kindergartner through practical study in “the Montessori Pedagogy” course by students in Bachelor of Pedagogy in Childhood’s learning. Secondly, it is aimed to compare children’s behavior in “the

pre-and-post research Montessori pedagogy” course. The subjected sample group is selected via purposive sampling from students in senior (4th year) Bachelor of Pedagogy in Childhood’s learning, section A1, academic semester 1/2020 consisted of 26 students. The Research instrument involved the course syllabus of the Montessori Education course and observation form of kindergartner’s trait in children’s behavior observation designed by the researcher. The result of this One-Group pretest-posttest design research reveals that.

The Results reveals that 1)  The development of kindergartners’ skill in observation of children’s behavior through active learning has increased after the research in comparison to prior to the research.

            2)          The comparison of development of kindergartners’ skill in observation of children’s behavior in students in Bachelor of Pedagogy in Childhood’s learning whom has been taught through active learning shows a surging pattern in every aspects namely: the average score in Planning aspect has

risen from pre-research Mean 1.47, 0.47; the average score in observation and data collection aspect yielded Mean 1.33,0.33; The average score in systemizing and data interpretation aspect yielded higher score than pre-research with Mean 1.21, 0.23; finally, the average score in the aspect for the application of the result has also risen from pre-research with Mean 1.17, 0.20.