8 INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM TO ENHANCES LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND LIFE SKILLS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN USING SITUATIONAL LEARNING MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW NORMAL ERA

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Yaowares Pakdeejit
Faculty of Education, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop and study the results of the use of innovative learning experience and life skills curriculum for early childhood children by using situational learning in new normal. The informants were 10 early childhood teachers and the sample groups were Kindergarten 3 students at Wat Chom Khiri Nakprot Municipality School, totaling 30 students, using the purposive sampling. The research tools consisted of 1) a basic data questionnaire 2) the quality assessment form for the innovation of the enrichment experience program and 3) the recording of the learning experience results. Data analysis by frequency distribution find mean and standard deviation, content analysis and compilation into an essay.    


               The results showed that : 1) Innovative learning experience and life skills curriculum for early childhood children by using situational learning in new normal consisted of 3components: principles, objectives and structure of the curriculum innovation. It consists of Unit 1: Knowing Safe Rats, Unit 2: Digital Communication, and Unit 3: Knowledgeable Science, overall, the quality is at a high level, and 2) The results of using the innovative learning experience and life skills curriculum for early childhood children by using situational learning in new normal revealed children can play, do activities, treat others, move your body fluently and follow the rules, collage pictures with scrap materials show creativity and imagination through movement, interest, fun, and happiness through art activities, collect materials, equipment, toys, belongings by yourself, sort pictures, match, compare the differences and similarities of things, tell stories, write, speak creatively, explore the world around you, create original creations and design your own solutions based on different situations.

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