THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEAM MEDIA IN IMPROVING CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF SELF-PROTECTION AT SAVE THE KIDS KINDERGARTEN, BANDA ACEH
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STEAM media, child selfprotection, early childhood education, sexual abuse prevention, quasi-experimentAbstract
Sexual violence against young children remains a real threat, while children’s understanding of how to protect themselves is generally still low. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of integrated science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning media in improving children’s understanding of self-protection at Save The Kids Kindergarten in Banda Aceh. A quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design with pretest and posttest measurements was used. The participants were 60 children aged five to six years, divided equally into an experimental group and a control group of 30 children each. The experimental group joined eight sessions themed “My Body Is Precious”, while the control group received conventional instruction of the same duration. Understanding was measured with a picture-scenario assessment and analyzed using t-tests, the Mann-Whitney test, analysis of covariance, and normalized gain. The mean score of the experimental group rose from 23.03 to 33.30, whereas the control group rose from 22.60 to 25.87. The difference in posttest scores was statistically significant with a large effect size. The normalized gain was moderate for the experimental group (0.56) and low for the control group (0.04). It is concluded that the integrated STEAM media effectively improve children’s understanding of self-protection because they are concrete, enjoyable, and engage multiple senses.
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