Development of Promoting the Intellectual Level of the Early Childhood Model in Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

The research and development study aimed to analyze situation of the intellectual level, develop and evaluate the model to promote the intelligence of early childhood in Ubon Rachathani province. There were four phases of this study. The first phase was the situation analysis of the intellectual level of 497 early childhood who study in kindergarten 2 in Ubon Ratchathani province. The second phase was the development the model for promoting early childhood by 30 experts. The third phase was the implementation and evaluation the model in Ubon Ratchathani Province, and the fourth phase was improvement the model. The data collection was questionnaires, intelligence quotient (IQ) assessment for children aged 2-7 years, and Emotional Intelligence Assessment for children aged 3-5 years (short version) for teachers/caregivers. Data analysis was conducted descriptive statistics, a paired t-test, and content and context analysis.
The results of the first phase found that the average IQ was 97.9 (S.D.=16.3), and the IQ of 90-109 was highest (44.9%), followed by the IQ of 80-89 (18.5%) and the IQ of 110-119 (15.1%), respectively. The average of the emotional intelligence before receiving the development program was 35.4 (S.D.=2.2). The second phase of development of intelligence promotion model found that the model should be cooperated by all stakeholders for supporting and encouraging early childhood children to learn life skills and develop frontal brain skills. The third phase found that the average IQ was 101.4 (S.D.=13.4), and the average emotional intelligence after development was 45.1 (S.D.=2.1). There was different statistically significant (p-value<.05) when comparing an average of emotional intelligence before and after implementing the model. The fourth phase improved the model through cooperation between all sectors such as Health Promotion Center 10, Mental Health Center 10, to promote early childhood learning and enhance skills appropriately.