Innovation of Integrating with Ethnic Game - Based Learning Management to Develop the Democratic Life Skills of Thai Northern Border Area School Students in Social Classroom
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This research aimed to 1) design an integrated learning innovation using ethnic games and traditional play to develop democratic life skills of students in social studies classrooms, and 2) investigate the learning outcomes of the integrated ethnic games and traditional play innovation that develops democratic life skills of students in social studies classrooms for schools in the northern border area of Thailand. The sample consisted of 81 students from grades 4-6 at Ban Thanthong School, Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai Province, selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments included an innovative learning management plan integrating ethnic games and traditional play to enhance students' democratic life skills, a learning management reflection form, a democratic life skills behavior observation form, and a democratic life skills assessment form. The statistics employed were mean, percentage, and standard deviation.
The research results were 1) the study revealed that the ethnic game - based improve democratic life learning plans had context-based learning combined with participatory Learning strategies, 2) the democratic life skills after applying the ethnic games of students while using in 1st cycle of plans revealed in medium level and increased to good level in 2nd and 3nd cycles and in the 4th cycle every student can use and apply democratic life skills while playing the ethnic game in excellent level.
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