DEVELOPMENT OF CORE COMPETENCY IN SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND SCIENTIFIC MIND FOR LEARNERS AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TO ENHANCE OF LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to; 1) to developing a program to promote competency in Scientific Inquiry and Scientific mind on elementary school students, 2) to study the effectiveness of competency in Scientific Inquiry and Scientific mind on elementary school students. The research revealed: 1) A program to promote competency in Scientific Inquiry and Scientific mind on elementary school students, Components include objectives, content, media, training methods. Measurement and evaluation. The content consists of There are 4 learning units: Unit 1: Methods for organizing science learning and creating innovative media and applying digital technology, Unit 2: Creating innovative media and applying digital technology, Unit 3: Designing educational technology media that promotes science competency, Unit 4: Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK or TPCK) and Measurement and evaluation. 2) the Elementary school students who received learning from pre-service science teacher who passed the training with the program, had an average score of Competency in Scientific Inquiry and Scientific mind which higher than 80 percent criteria of the total scores with statistically significant at .05 level.