PRESENTATION OF PLAY – BASED PROGRAM USING ACTIVE PLAY APPROACH AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL LITERACY OF UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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Chakree Yasiersat
Jintana Sarayuthpitak
Suthana Tingsabhat
Sarinya Rodpipat

Abstract

The aim of this research was to present of the play - based program using an active play approach and social media to promote the physical literacy of upper elementary school students. There were four stages of research methodology: Phase I, the study of theoretical concepts used from documents, textbooks, and research related to the promotion of physical literacy; Phase II, the analysis and synthesis of the essence and components of the active play concept, and the concept of using social media and related research; Phase III, the creation of play-based program using active play approach and social media; Phase IV, the quality check of the created program by 5 experts to study the index of congruence. The results of the research were as follows: 1) The play-based program using active play approach and social media to promote physical literacy of upper elementary school students which consisted of 8 activities, namely: (1) fun running activity, heart happiness (2) Fun jumping activity to build leg power together (3) Tennis ball pick-up activity (4) Tennis ball throwing activity to achieve goal (5) Monkey ladder activity running fast (6) Jumping, dancing, strong muscles (7) Dribbling activity the soccer ball increases speed and (8) Touches the balance soccer ball. 2) Each activity consists of the activity name, objectives, and steps to perform the activity. 3) The duration of the program was 8 weeks, 2 days each, 80 minutes each, and 4) the play-based program used active play approach and social media to promote physical literacy of upper elementary school students, which had an index of congruence of 0.9.

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Yasiersat, C., Sarayuthpitak, J. ., Tingsabhat, S. ., & Rodpipat, S. . (2023). PRESENTATION OF PLAY – BASED PROGRAM USING ACTIVE PLAY APPROACH AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL LITERACY OF UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. Academic Journal of Thailand National Sports University, 15(2), 211–224. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TNSUJournal/article/view/256990
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