Development on Learning Management Competency Using Game Method of Pre-Service Teachers in the Social Studies Program

Abstract

This research is the quasi-experimental research. The objectives were to study the learning management competency of pre-service students in the Social Studies program with the learning management using the Game Method and to compare the learning management competency of pre-service students in the Social Studies program before and after the trial of the learning management using the Game Method. The sample group of this study consisted of 36 pre-service students in the Social Studies program, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, from Cluster Random Sampling. The tools used in the research were the learning management plan using the game method and the assessment form on the learning management competency of the pre-service students. The statistics used in the data analysis were mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that learning management using Game Method can improve the students’ learning management competency. The students’ learning management competency was higher after the experiment of learning management using the game method. When considering each aspect for the learning management competency after the experiment, it was found that the learning management competency was at the good level in 2 aspects, namely, media use/innovation and learning resources. For the evaluation, the learning management competency was at moderate level in 3 aspects; learning management, writing of objectives, and atmosphere arrangement.