The Resemblance between the Expectations of Children in Thailand as Reflected in the Titles of Children's Picture Books and the Child and Youth Development Promotion Act
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This research studied the resemblance between the expectations of children in Thailand as reflected in titles of children's picture books and the content of the Child and Youth Development Promotion Act. This study collected 1,845 key lexical words in the titles of 750 children's picture books. Using the semantic field theory, the researcher found 90 semantic domains (e.g., nature and culture), and each domain reflects its key message. With regards to the Child and Youth Development Promotion Act (B.E. 2008, 2017), after a thorough assessment, 11 main topics covering 23 subtopics (e.g., family and health) were found. The expectations of children, as reflected in the findings from both sources, are mainly similar. However, three non-overlapping areas--that is, children with disability, a justice system, and education--are covered in the Act but not in any of the book titles. Therefore, the government should encourage the authors to write about these topics, which could benefit children's development in the long run.
Keywords: Semantic field theory, semantic domains, children’s picture books, the Child and Youth Development Promotion Act
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับมหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่นๆในมหาวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใดๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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