Abstract
This research aimed to study the factors associated with the promotion of reading behavior in early childhood, in a densely populated area of metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 228 families with children aged 3-6 years old. It was analyzed by obtaining the correlations and variables influencing reading behavior promotion. The research findings revealed that factors associated with promotion of reading behavior in early childhood with statistical significance (p<0.05) were age, education, family income, and community environment. It is therefore suggested to promote reading behavior in early childhood by building a network or organization within community environments; supporting convenience, proximity, and opportunity for local families to access information on reading.
Highlights
IntroductionStatistics from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2017) estimate that 56% of children in the world are unable to read proficiently until they complete primary education
Reading is a fundamental resource for: building oral language skills, creativity, acquisition of new knowledge, obtaining information through the media, books, television, and the computer; and it is an effective means of systematic development of language and personality (Chettri & Rout, 2013; Kourkouta et al, 2018)
There were no statistics for young children in densely populated areas
Summary
Statistics from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2017) estimate that 56% of children in the world are unable to read proficiently until they complete primary education. Sub-Saharan Africa reports that 88% of children and adolescents are unable to read proficiently until they complete primary and lower secondary education too. The United Kingdom, in the year 2014, showed that one in every five children could not read at a satisfactory level until age 11 (Department for Education, 2015). The National Statistics Office (NSO) of Thailand, (2020) reported that in 2015 and 2018 the reading rates of young children, aged less than 6 years old, were 60.2% and 61.2%, respectively. For young children in Bangkok the reading rate was 76.2% whereas in the Northeast it was only 55.9%. There were no statistics for young children in densely populated areas
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