The Organization of an Experiential Project Entitled, “The Tha Chin River” to Develop Preschool Children’s Public Mind

Abstract

This objectives of this research were to : 1) study preschool children’s public mind behavior using an experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River”: 2) compare the preschool children’s public mind behavior before and after using the experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River”; and 3) evaluate the preschool children’s satisfaction towards the experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River”. The sample obtained by multi-stage sampling: firstly, schools in the Traimit School Group located near the Tha Chin River were randomly selected and then, a school in the group was randomly selected. The sample consisted of 20 preschool children age five to six in their second semester of the academic year 2013 from Wat Lanka School under the jurisdiction of Suphan Buri Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The research instruments included: 1) learning management plans using the experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River”, 2) an evaluation form on preschool children’s public mind behavior with a reliability value of 0.812, 3) a test on preschool children’s public mind behavior with a reliability value of 0.782, And 4) a questionnaire, by way of student interviews, on satisfaction toward the experiential project. Data were analyzed in terms of mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings were as follows: 1) Overall, the preschool children’s public mind behavior using the experiential project entitled, “Tha Chin River” was rated at the highest level 2) The preschool children’s public mind behavior after using the experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River” was significantly higher than that before using it (p<.05) 3) Overall, the preschool children’s satisfaction, by way of student interview, toward the experiential project entitled, “The Tha Chin River” was at a high level.