Experience Provision through Literature-Based Learning to Promote Body Protection from Sexual Abuse of Young Children

Abstract

Using fairy tales to help children enjoy and understand the role of the character, as well as to learn whether the character's actions are good or bad and how they can be used in everyday life, is one way to organize literary experiences for early childhood education. Because children can read aloud to teachers or peers and because the literature uses simple language, it is easy for young readers to understand. This study aimed to investigate how providing literature-based learning experiences can protect young children's bodies from sexual abuse.  The target group consisted of fifteen young children enrolled in the Ramkhamhaeng University Demonstration School's kindergarten level 2, semester 2, academic year 2022 (Elementary Department). 24 lesson plans on literature-based learning experiences for young children and an assessment form on young children's body protection capability from sexual abuse were the study's tools. The mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. Content Analysis was used for the analysis of qualitative data. According to the results, young children who took part in the literature-based learning experience provision scored higher on the mean scale—10.20—than those who did not. Thus, the provision of literature-based learning experiences helped shield young children's bodies from sexual abuse. It was concluded that Higher mean scores indicate that involving young children in literature-based learning experiences greatly improves their capacity to identify and prevent sexual abuse. This emphasizes how crucial it is to use these kinds of educational interventions to protect kids' welfare and foster a safer atmosphere.