KETERAMPILAN SOSIAL ANAK PRA SEKOLAH DITINJAU DARI INTERAKSI GURU-SISWA MODEL MEDIATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Abstract

This research aims at finding the preschool children’s social skills, the appropriateness of the teacher-student interaction based on the mediated learning experience (MLE), and the teachers’ mediating behavior. The subjects of the study were selected based on the population study, namely 22 students of Aisyiah B kindergarten. The data-collecting method was the scale of social skills and MLE observation manual. The observation on the teacher-student interaction was conducted on seven different occasions. The collected data were analyzed by using statistical descriptive analysis. The result of the study led to the following conclusions: (1) the social skills of preschool children were medium, (2) the appropriateness of teacher-student interaction was high, (3) teacher’s mediating behavior represented the variations of MLE criteria, and (3) the circumstance that generated most criteria were prayer practice, health exercise, and drawing lesson.