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Parents’ Roles in Promoting Play for Preschoolers in Bangkok |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Prae Nakchuen |
| Title | Parents’ Roles in Promoting Play for Preschoolers in Bangkok |
| Contributor | Sasilak Khayankij |
| Publisher | Centre for Education Innovation, Print and Online Media |
| Publication Year | 2564 |
| Journal Title | An Online Journal of Education |
| Journal Vol. | 16 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | OJED1602006 (13 pages) |
| Keyword | parents’ roles, play, preschoolers, parents’ role in promoting play |
| URL Website | https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/OJED |
| Website title | An Online Journal of Education |
| ISSN | ISSN 1905-4491 (Online) |
| Abstract | The purposes of this research were to study preschoolers’ characteristic of play and parents’ role in promoting play for preschoolers in Bangkok in 2 aspects comprised of 1) organizing play environment and 2) supporting play. Samples were 432 parents of preschoolers aged 3-6 years in schools located in Bangkok area under 4 offices which were schools under the Bangkok Education Bureau, the Office of the Basic Education Commission, the Office of the Private Education Commission and the Office of the Higher Education Commission. Questionnaires was used to elicit data and then analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The research findings found 3 modes of preschoolers’ play which were 1) intellectual play—the highest score was constructive play (98.5%), 2) physical play—the highest score was fine motor play (97%) and 3) social play—the highest score was associative play (83.9%). Parents’ roles in promoting play for preschoolers were at a high level (M = 4.10). Supporting play was a highest mean score (M= 4.32), followed by organizing play environment (M = 3.88). |
