GLOBAL READINESS AMONG PRESCHOOLER

The purpose of this study is to identify the knowledge among six years old preschool children in global readiness education. Seven aspects of basic knowledge cognate to global readiness are (a) communication and multiple language ability (b) use of ICT (c) diversity and multiculturalism (d) thinking skills (e) environmental awareness (f) financial literacy and (g) safety and self-defence skills. This study exerts a quantitative approach using written picture-based questionnaire based on component exhaustive in the seven aspects described. Eighty-four preschool children from five preschool in the districts of Mualim, Perak were randomly chosen as a sample for this study. This quantitative study is conducted by analyze the mean difference of children’s knowledge in global readiness questions. The findings signify that the highest knowledge of children is knowledge in language (min = .90) and communication (min = .87). Howbeit, the knowledge of children in environmental awareness and safety and self-defence skills (min = .90) is the lowest of all aspects supervene. Thus, the finding suggests that children should be educated in global readiness to equip them with seven aspects of basic knowledge homologous to global readiness in order to inculcate them for the evolutionary scenario globally. Therefore, the educators at preschool level are envisaged to excogitating activities that expose better manifestation of global readiness to preschool children.