Effects of Teachers’ Moral Lesson Activities on Students’ Behaviors in Early Childhood Education Classrooms

Abstract

Through the lens of Vygotsky zone of proximal development theory, the
study aims to find the effects of teachers’ moral lesson activities on
students’ behaviors in early childhood education classrooms. Based on the
two major hypothesis, 1. There is a significant effect of teachers’ moral
lesson activities on students’ behaviors and 2. There is a significant
difference in teachers’ views in relation to their gender, age, qualification,
and experience, the study adopted descriptive research design. Data for the study were collected via online survey forms from 320 early childhood education teachers through a self-developed questionnaire in the District of Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The collected data were analyzed with the help of SmartPLS4 to find structural and measurement models. There results indicated that there is a significant effect of teachers’ moral lesson activities on students’ behaviors and there is no significant
difference in teachers’ views in relation to their gender, age, qualification, and experience.