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    DEVELOPMENT OF WORK-BASED LEARNING SKILLS BANK TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND INNOVATION SKILLS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR CAREGIVERS
    (ASEAN Journal of Education, 2021) Ua-aree Janthon; Tuan Tongkeo; Sirorat Trakoonsathitmun
    Abstract The study has the objectives to develop work-based learning skills bank to enhance learning skills and innovation in Early Childhood Education (ECE) among the caregivers under the Department of Local Administration. This research and development focus on shaping the direction of caregiver’s development according to the existing environment; the caregiver here means a person taking care of children aged 2-5 in their local area at daycare center under the Department of Local Administration. This study includes the analysis drawn from confirm factor analysis (CFA) to determine the factors of work-based learning skills bank. The sample group being comprised of 10 experts in ECE and technology, and 1,467 caregivers was selected from a total population of 46,673 through multi-stage sampling. The qualitative data was collected from the experts by the semi-structured interview and content analysis, and questionnaire on work-based learning behavior was used to acquire the quantitative data from the caregivers of which reliability was 0.945 with CFA. The study found five factors of work-based learning skills i.e. (1) technology, (2) knowledge, (3) learning activities, (4)outcome analysis and evaluation, and (5) work. It is found that each factor has had its key indicatorand each one has resonated with the empirical evidence according to the Goodness of Fit Index (GFI).The GFI has showed the chi-squired value of 0.04 and relative chi-squared value of 0.04. Thestandardized factor loading of each factor and factor indicator have ranged between 0.756-0.936 and0.436-0.936 respectively. Keywords: caregiver, work-based learning skills bank, early childhood education (ECE)