Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.Quản lí hoạt động giáo dục kĩ năng sống cho trẻ mẫu giáo ở trường mầm non tư thục tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & TRAINING HCMC UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN PRIVATE KINDERGARTENS IN HO CHI MINH CITY Major : Educational management Code : 62.14.01.14 SUMMARY OF THE DISSERTATION IN EDUCATION SCIENCES Ho Chi Minh City - 2022 The dissertation is completed at: HCMC UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION Supervisors: Dr NGUYEN THI BICH HONG Assoc.Prof.Dr TRAN XUAN TE Reviewer 1: DUNG Assoc.Prof.Dr NGUYEN THI THUY Reviewer 2: Assoc.Prof.Dr TRAN XUAN BACH Reviewer 3: Assoc.Prof.Dr DINH DUC HOI The dissertation will be defensed in front of the institutional-level dissertation grading committee at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education at ………… on …………………… 2022 Can find the dissertation at the library: - National Library of Vietnam - Library of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education - Library of General Science in Ho Chi Minh city LIST OF RELATED PUBLIC WORKS Nguyen Hong Yen Phuong (2021) “Measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in non-public kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh city” Journal of Education Special issue 4/2021 pp.22-27 Nguyen Hong Yen Phuong (2021) “Actual situation of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in non-public preschools in Ho Chi Minh city” Journal of Education Special issue 4/2021, pp 122127 Nguyen Hong Yen Phuong (2021) “Managing life skills education activities for preschool children in nonpublic preschools” Educational Equipment Journal Special issue 11/2021 INTRODUCTION Rationale Pre-school education is the first level of education in the national education system and is the level of education that lays the foundation for the formation and development of human personality Among the goals of preschool education, the goal of developing life skills appropriate to the child's age is one of the important goals Like other activities of preschool children, life skills education activities contribute to comprehensive education for children, helping them to have the ability to react flexibly and sensitively in all situations and circumstances In Vietnam, in the 2009-2010 school year, for the first time, the content of life skills education (social skills) for preschool children was integrated into other educational contents in the preschool education program issued by the Ministry of Education and Training together with the Circular No 17/2009/TT-BGDDT dated 25/07/2009 By the most recent revision, the preschool education program issued together with Circular No 01/VBHNBGDDT dated April 13, 2021 considers that the top task when educating preschool children is physical development; whereas for preschool children, the development of emotional - social skills, or in other words, the formation of children's moral standards, basic life skills have been made a top priority task It can be seen that the value of life skills education has been recognized and has an important position in the goal of educating preschool children The preschool education program 2021 partly demonstrates the goal of forming for preschool children life skills that are suitable for human education requirements in the new era In order for life skills education for preschool children as well as educational activities in general to achieve the set goals, educational management is very important, especially educational management - which directly carries out educational activities Life skills education activities for preschool children require the principal of the preschool to pay special attention in the school management process, requiring the principal to perform his duties well to ensure the school's activities to go smoothly, achieving the set goal of life skills education for preschool children From the above reasons, we choose the topic “Management activities of life skills education for preschool children in private kindergartens in Ho Chi Minh City” Aim On the basis of systematizing the theoretical basis of life skills education activities and managing life skills education activities for preschool children in kindergarten; determining the current status of life skills education activities and managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, the thesis proposes management measures to improve the effectiveness of life skills education management activities for preschool children at private kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City Objects and research subjects - Objects: Managing activities of life skills education for preschool children at the kindergarten - Research subject: Managing activities of life skills education for preschool children at private kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh city Scientific hypothesis The management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City has now achieved certain results However, this work may still have some limitations in the management functions If the system has a theoretical basis system, fully assesses the status of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, the research can propose necessary and feasible management measures to improve the efficiency of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City Research mission - Systematize the theoretical basis for the management of life skills education activities for preschool children - Survey and evaluate the current status of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh city - Propose measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschool in Ho Chi Minh City, test and experiment to demonstrate the effectiveness of these proposed measures Scope of the research 6.1 Research content The topic focuses on systematizing the theoretical basis, survey, assess the current situation and propose measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children whose management subject is the principal of the private preschools in Ho Chi Minh city according to the management functions 6.2 Management subject Principals of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 6.3 Survey subject and area - Survey subjects include principals, teachers and staff at 32 private preschools who self-organized to implement life skills education plans for preschool children in 12 districts in clusters in Ho Chi Minh City The research does not study the private preschools which have foreign element or international school 6.4 Research time: - Dissertation implementation period: From January 2016 to April 2022 - Time to survey the situation: In academic year 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020 Research methodology and methods 7.1 Methodology 7.1.1 Systemic-structural perspective 7.1.2 Logical-historical perspective 7.1.3 Practical point of view 7.2 Methods 7.2.1 Theoretical research methods 7.2.2 Practical research methods 7.2.3 Group of data processing methods New contributions of the research 8.1 In terms of scientific reasoning The thesis systematizes and develops basic concepts of life skills, life skills education activities for preschool children and management of life skills education activities for preschool children; theoretical basis for the system of life skills necessary for preschool children The dissertation analyzes and develops the theory of life skills education activities for preschool children including objectives, content, form, methods, assessment of educational results and conditions for life skills education for preschool children The dissertation analyzes and develops the theoretical bases on the management of life skills education activities for preschool children, focusing on the functions of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools 8.2 In terms of practice The thesis has analyzed, evaluated and determined the current status of life skills education activities and management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, clarifying causes of the actual situation On that basis, the dissertation proposes measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools, which are necessary, feasible and can be applied in practice to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City They contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of life skills education activities for preschool children in private kindergartens in Ho Chi Minh City Structure of the dissertation In addition to the introduction, conclusion, recommendations, list of references and appendices, the dissertation consists of 03 chapters: 10 Chapter THERETICAL BASIS OF MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS IN KINDERGARTEN 1.1 Research overview of issues abroad and at home 1.1.1 Researches on life skills In foreign countries, studies have comprehensively generalized the theories of life skills including the concept, classification and meaning of life skills At the same time, it is pointed out that the way to classify life skills is not fixed and flexible This creates a diversity in the selection of life skills education content to suit each educational object in specific areas Most of the studies on life skills in Vietnam are approached from a psychological perspective, which have inherited the results obtained from research on life skills in the world and systematized and generalized the theoretical system about life skills 1.1.2 Studies on life skills education and life skills education for preschool children With the indispensable role of life skills in human life, life skills education becomes urgent and becomes an indispensable content in education programs of many countries Studies on life skills education for learners in schools provide rich theories and practical experiences about this educational activity However, these studies just focus on studying life skills education as a small part of preschool education in general and studying the current situation of life skills education in preschools in specific areas, without having studied in depth the theory of life skills education for preschool children in particular 20 preschool in Ho Chi Minh City to have effective management measures so that the content of life skills education for preschool children is carried out more often 2.3.4 Current situation of life skills education for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The forms of life skills education for preschool children that teachers of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City choose and use are diverse but uneven, not promoting the full effectiveness of the education forms 2.3.5 Current status of educational methods life skills for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The methods of life skills education for preschool children are used frequently, mainly methods where teachers play a leading role, children passively follow, and have not fully promoted children's role in educational activities 2.3.6 Current status of life skills education results assessment for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City Teachers have used both methods of assessing the results of life skills education for preschool children: process assessment and result evaluation, combined with self- assessment and mutual evaluation process of children These forms of assessment are regularly performed by teachers to give the most accurate assessment results on life skills of preschool children 2.3.7 Current status of conditions for implementing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The majority of teachers meet the requirements of the standards of preschool teachers However, teachers need to improve basic computer skills and apply information technology to serve their life skills education for preschool children in particular and their teaching work in general The facilities at the surveyed schools basically meets the educational requirements, but the continuous improvement and addition of conditions related to the facilities to serve life skills education for preschool children needs to be done more thoroughly Financial resources are always sufficient and ready to be used for life skills education activities for preschool children in the school at a satisfactory level Information resources are fully equipped by schools to serve life skills education for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 21 2.4 The current situation of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 2.4.1 The current situation of awareness of the importance and role of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City There is no difference between teachers and school administrators in assessing the importance of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools when the average points of administrators and teachers are 4.16 and 4.17, respectively - in important level (asymptotic ‘very important’) However, teachers have not seen the role of school administrators in mobilizing and coordinating relevant forces to participate in life skills education for children Therefore, management staff of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City need to make teachers clearly see their role in managing life skills education activities for preschool children in order to best navigate this activity, creating consensus in the process of school management 2.4.2 Current situation of developing life skills education plans for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The level of implementation of the planning work of the system of private elementary schools in Ho Chi Minh City in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children received a number of different evaluations in some above analyzed contents These evaluations are not too high from both groups of managers and teachers, requiring the system to adjust its planning work when managing this activity 2.4.3 Current situation of organizing and implementing life skills education plan for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The performance of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City is assessed at a good level with an average point of 3.63 However, with the bad evaluations of teachers, principals of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City must improve the organization and implementation of life skills education plans for preschool children to improve the effectiveness of this 22 education In which, the school must emphasize on the stage "Dividing the tasks of participating in life skills education for children for school administrators, teachers, and school staff so that life skills education activities can be carried out in a convenient and logical manner" 2.4.4 Current situation of directing the implementation of life skills education plan for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The level of " Fair" is generally assessed by management staff in this work with an average point of 3.50 and teachers think that the implementation of the guidance of the system in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children is only at a low level with an average point of 2.95 The work of directing life skills education activities of the principals of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City has been carried out, but the achieved results have not been highly appreciated, requiring innovations in the guidance of the principals for these activities 2.4.5 Current situation of testing and evaluating the implementation of life skills education plans for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The work of checking life skills education activities has been carried out by principals of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, but the level of results achieved is not highly appreciated, especially in the content "Building standards for evaluating life skills education activities for preschool children” 2.4.6 Current situation of managing conditions to support life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The management of conditions to support life skills education for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City needs improvements and adjustments In which, the school needs to manage the human resources of life skills education for preschool children more closely 2.5 Current status of the influence of factors on the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh 23 City The factors affecting the management of life skills education activities of the school are assessed for their influence from strong influence or higher This helps the management staff to more accurately identify the impact of the factors to make reasonable adjustments or adaptations 2.6 General assessment of the status of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 2.6.1 Advantages In life skills education activities for preschool children: Management staff and teachers all think that life skills education for preschool children is important; Management staff have quite good awareness of the role of life skills education activities for preschool children; The implementation of the goal of life skills education for preschool children is done by the private preschools to a fair degree, implementing the contents in many different forms and methods; The assessment forms of life skills education for preschool children are regularly performed by teachers, in collaboration with each other In the management of life skills education activities for preschool children: Management staff and teachers are aware that the management of life skills education activities for preschool children is important.; The functions of managing life skills education activities for preschool children were initially implemented by some principals according to the technical process of management science 2.6.2 Limitations - Management staff and teachers in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City have not properly assessed the role of "helping children to have a stepping stone to get ready for primary school" of life skills education activities for preschool children; The awareness of teachers about the role of life skills education activities for preschool children is lower than that of school administrators; The awareness of teachers about the role of the school's management of life skills education activities for preschool children is still quite low; The principal has not completed well the management of life skills education activities for preschool children 2.6.3 The cause of the limitations 24 - On the side of principal; - On the side of school administrators, teachers, and staff members; - Other causes Conclusion of chapter Regarding the current status of life skills education activities for preschool children, most school administrators and teachers of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City are well aware of the necessity and importance of life skills education for preschool children today However, the results of achieving the goal of life skills education for preschool children at private preschools in the area are only assessed at fair and average levels There are still many limitations in the process of implementing content, using forms, methods and evaluating the results of life skills education for children The reason is that the level of satisfaction of the conditions to support life skills education for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City is not good As for the management of life skills education activities for preschool children, principals and teachers of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, it is assessed that this management work is important and necessary but has not been implemented well, and has achieved fair and average effectiveness on many specific management contents A number of limitations in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children that we have presented are due to many reasons: a part of management staff, teachers has not properly realized the importance of life skills education activities for preschool children in preschools and does not have sufficient professional qualifications and capacity for life skills education for preschool children; many schools not pay attention to the planning work in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children, not following the actual conditions of the school; the process of organizing and implementing life skills education plans for children of the principal lacks the synchronization between stages and departments and has not closely monitored this process; the direction of the principal is not close enough, not encouraging the dedication in the process of doing the work; The inspection and examination work has 25 not been scheduled and has not been seriously implemented Those are issues that need to be researched and found solutions to manage life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City more effectively There are many factors affecting the management of life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, in which, factors inside the school have the greatest influence Therefore, when proposing measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, it is necessary to pay attention to the influence of these factors. Chapter MEASURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRIVATE KINDERGARTENS IN HO CHI MINH CITY 3.1 Principles of proposing solutions 3.1.1 Guarantee purpose 3.1.2 Ensure system and synchronization 3.1.3 Ensure inheritance and development 3.1.4 Ensure practicality and feasibility 3.2 Measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in a private preschool in Ho Chi Minh City From the theoretical basis, practice and the above principles, the dissertation proposes 05 measures: 3.2.1 Measure 1: Innovating and developing life skills education activity plans for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.2.2 Measure 2: Assign individuals and departments of the school and coordinate with forces outside the school in implementing life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 26 3.2.3 Measure 3: Direct teachers and school staff to conduct life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.2.4 Measure 4: Renovate inspection and supervision of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.2.5 Measure 5: Capacity building in life skills education for preschool children of administrators and teachers at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.3 The relationship of measures Built on the principle of ensuring systematic and synchronous, measures with 13 specific contents related to the functions proposed by the dissertation are under the responsibility of the principal, solving remaining limitations in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children, in the overall management activities of principals of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City Along with that, between the measures, between the content of specific measures, there is a reciprocal relationship, all aiming to improving the quality of life skills education management activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.4 Urgency, feasibility of the proposed measures 3.4.1 Purpose and content of the survey The survey was conducted to collect opinions of survey respondents about the urgency and feasibility of measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City On that basis, we will adjust the measures that are not suitable and confirm the reliability of the measures Specific survey content: Urgency; Possibility; Correlation between urgency and feasibility of measures 3.4.2 Respondents The survey was conducted by using questionnaires on over 150 repondents including managers and teachers of private schools in Ho Chi Minh City 3.4.3 Processing survey data The dissertation uses a 5-level Likert scale of urgency and feasibility to build a survey with measures 3.4.4 Survey results 27 1) The urgency of the measures: Although there is a difference in the urgency between the measures, in general, the measures proposed by the dissertation are of high urgency This is the basis for the study to conduct experiments measures favorably 2) Feasibility of the measures: In general, the measures proposed by the dissertation are feasible; if implemented into practice, they can bring certain effects 3) Correlation between urgency and feasibility of measures It can be seen that the correlation is relatively close, the proposed measures are appropriate, consistent between the urgency and feasibility of the measures Therefore, when applied, it will meet the requirements of the urgency of the measure, and at the same time ensure its feasible implementation That is the basis for affirming that the proposed measures are reasonable and highly scientific 3.5 Measures experiment 3.5.1 Experiment description 1) Experimental purpose and content The experimental purpose is to verify the effectiveness of a proposed measure in improving the effectiveness of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschool in Ho Chi Minh City, namely: Affirming the right direction and the urgency of the dissertation on the basis of theory and practice; Research and evaluate the applicability of measures to the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in practice in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City in the future Among the proposed measures, we chose the measure "Improving the capacity of life skills education for preschool children of managers and teachers at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City" for experiment 2) Experimental hypothesis If the principal of private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City organizes training capacity of life skills education for preschool children for managers and teachers, suitable to the practical conditions, knowledge and skills in building life skills education plans for preschool children of school administrators and teachers will be improved 3) Experimental sample, experimental time 28 Due to a number of objective factors related to the epidemic that make it difficult to organize research, the specific measure is "Improving the capacity of life skills education for preschool children of management staff and teachers at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City.”, the dissertation conducted an experiment on two groups of two private schools in Ho Chi Minh City The experimental results are proved on the basis of comparison before and after the experiment + Experimental group 1: From August 10, 2020 to August 14, 2020 Including 32 management staff and preschool teachers of Duy An Private Kindergarten (Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City) In which, there are 02 people who are members of the administrators, 03 people are chief specialists and 27 teachers + Experimental group 2: From August 17, 2020 to August 21, 2020 Including 31 management staff and preschool teachers of Sao Mai Private preschools (Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City) In which, 02 people are members of the administrators, 03 people are chief specialists and 26 teachers 3.5.2 Experiment organization The experimental process is divided into the following stages: Stage 1: Develop a plan to improve the capacity of life skills education for preschool children of management staff and teachers Stage 2: Organize strict assignment and decentralization in the implementation of the plan to improve the capacity of life skills education for preschool children of management staff and teachers Stage 3: Build an experimental assessment tool Stage 4: Direct the process of implementing the capacity building training plan about life skills education for preschool children of management staff and teachers Stage 5: Seriously inspect and evaluate the implementation of fostering capacity building of life skills education for preschool children by management staff and teachers 3.5.3 Experimental results 1) Experimental results at Duy An Private Kindergarten After the experiment, the test results that students at Duy An Private Kindergarten achieved were higher than before the experiment 29 3) Experimental results at Sao Mai Private Kindergarten After the experiment, the test results that students at Sao Mai Private Kindergarten achieved were higher than before the experiment 3) Analyze experimental results: The content of the test and the scale to evaluate the test results are designed to focus on the requirements to be met in terms of life skills education knowledge and skills in building life skills education plans for preschool children of preschool teachers and management staff Thus, the measure "Improving the capacity of life skills education for preschool children by management staff and teachers in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City" that the dissertation has proposed is feasible, effective in improving the quality of life skills education activities management for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City. Conclusions of chapter Based on the theoretical basis (chapter 1) and the practical basis (chapter 2), based on the principles of ensuring purposefulness, ensuring systematicity and synchronization, ensuring inheritance and development, ensuring the practicality and feasibility, measures to manage life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City are proposed to improve the quality of these activities in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City Those measures are: Measure 1: Innovating and developing life skills education activity plans for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 2: Assign individuals and departments of the school and coordinate with forces outside the school in implementing life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 3: Direct teachers and school staff to conduct life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 4: Renovate inspection and supervision of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 5: Capacity building in life skills education for preschool children o.f administrators and teachers at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City 30 The results of the survey on the urgency, feasibility of the measures and the experimental results show that the measures to manage life skills education activities in the private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City that the dissertation proposes have been approved and supported by the majority of management staff, teachers and staff at private schools in the area Measures that the dissertation proposes as above are evaluated as urgent and highly feasible If the application of measures to manage life skills education activities in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City that the dissertation proposes, it will contribute to improving the quality of life skills education for preschool children at kindergartens in the area In the process of implementation, in order to create a positive change in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, it is necessary to take synchronous, systematic and flexible measures CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION Life skills education activities for preschool children in preschools are understood as impact activities with purpose, organization, plan, content and scientific method of preschool teachers to children aged 3-6 in preschools, aiming to form for children the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors to behave appropriately with others, with society, and to respond positively and effectively to solve problems in life situations Preschool education activities and life skills education management activities for preschool children are focused on research not only in Vietnam, but also in many countries around the world On the basis of inheriting the existing studies, the dissertation has built a theoretical system related to life skills education activities such as affirming and clarifying the content of the basic concepts of the dissertation as life skills, life skills education, etc.; analyzed the content of the basic elements in the structure of life skills education activities for preschool children in preschool from the goals, contents, forms, methods, testing and assessment of life skills education activities for preschool children and especially presenting theoretical content on management of life skills education activities for preschool children Preschool children in preschools approach the management functions of the principal including planning, organizing, directing, checking and factors affecting the management of this activity 31 Ho Chi Minh City is one of the leading units in the quality of preschool education with a large network of private preschools Life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City have gained some achievements but not really achieved the synchronous quality among districts, among private preschools in the same district The survey results on the actual status of life skills education activities for preschool children in schools show that the management staff of private preschools Ho Chi Minh City has made efforts to achieve positive results, but there are still many limitations that need to be overcome Specifically, the effectiveness of life skills education for preschool children is not enough to promote the quality of education in private preschools This is reflected in the results of life skills education achieved by preschool children, which are only assessed at fair and average levels Although the process of implementing content, using forms, methods and evaluating the results of life skills education for preschool children has some advantages, there are also many limitations The reasons are that conditions to support life skills education for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City are not really good enough In addition, the management of life skills education activities for preschool children with functions such as planning, organizing, directing, checking and supervising the process of life skills education activities for preschool children has an important role but has not been implemented too effectively, not bringing outstanding impacts to serve as a driving force to improve the quality of education in private schools In many content related to management, the efficiency achieved is only average or fair Some limitations in the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private schools in Ho Chi Minh City that the dissertation has presented are due to the fact that the school has not focused on planning work; have not closely monitored the coordination between individuals and departments; not encouraging the team in time; There is not yet a serious inspection schedule for life skills education for preschool children There are many factors affecting the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, in which, factors inside the school include awareness and investment policy of the school owner; awareness and management capacity of management staff; The selfconsciousness, sense of responsibility and professional capacity of preschool teachers are the most influential Based on the theoretical basis and survey results on the actual management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City, the dissertation has proposed measures, with 13 specific measures to contribute part of improving the quality of life 32 skills education management activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City That is: Measure 1: Innovating and developing life skills education activity plans for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 2: Assign individuals and departments of the school and coordinate with forces outside the school in implementing life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 3: Direct teachers and school staff to conduct life skills education activities for preschool children at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 4: Renovate inspection and supervision of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City; Measure 5: Capacity building in life skills education for preschool children of administrators and teachers at private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City The above proposed measures are the result of a rigorous evaluation process, incorporating research methods The experimental results have determined the urgency, feasibility, and effectiveness of the proposed measures The measures are closely related, complement each other, and if implemented synchronously , the effectiveness of managing life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City will be enhanced RECOMMENDATION 2.1 For the Ministry of Education and Training - Organizing the compilation of programs, books and official documents on life skills education activities as well as guiding the management of this activity and implementing uniformly nationwide - Directing the Departments and Departments of Education and Training to define more clearly the requirements and contents of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in general, and preschool children in particular in private preschools in the area where the Department, the Department of Education and Training manages Then, the school has a basis for learning, training and self-improvement to meet the requirements of the management of the school, the management of life skills education activities for preschool children - Directing the Department, Department of Education and Training to regularly organize thematic and regular training sessions on life skills education for children for managers and teachers of private preschools in the area - Promulgating periodic and irregular guiding documents in order to orient the management of life skills education activities for preschool children in 33 preschools in general and private preschools in particular in accordance with the characteristics of the preschool education situation in each period and time 2.2 For Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training - Regularly organizing seminars, training courses for the team of principals, vice-principals, administrators, and preschool teachers in the area to improve their qualifications, professionalism, awareness and skills in life skills education for preschool children At the same time, there is a satisfactory regime to encourage this team to participate in learning - Promulgating a system of official documents and documents to help management staff of Departments of Education and Training directly implement life skills education activities for preschool children and effectively manage life skills education activities for preschool children in kindergartens, especially private preschools 2.3 For the Department of Education and Training of districts in Ho Chi Minh City - Contact colleges and universities that have training in preschool education to invite lecturers and experts to train teachers in ethnic minority schools about life skills education for children, especially teachers of private preschools - Encourage and create favorable conditions for principals and vice principals of private preschools to visit public schools for good management of life skills education activities for preschool children; visit school models, experimental classes on management, especially going into the management of life skills education activities for children so that they have conditions to exchange and learn experiences - Strengthen the direction, supervision, inspection and inspection of the Department of Education and Training with life skills education for preschool children in private preschools in the area - Focus on evaluating the results of management of life skills education activities for preschool children in private preschools when conducting school assessment and grading or reviewing the school's educational results report at the end of the school year Praise preschools for doing well in this work to create motivation for other preschools 2.4 For private preschools in Ho Chi Minh City - Strengthen self-study and self-improvement to improve pedagogical skills as well as educational management capacity, especially management of life skills education activities for preschool children - Regularly self-study, participate in fostering activities of life skills education for preschool children in many forms, monitor and grasp the regulations and guidelines on life skills education activities for preschool children to promptly deploy in school 34 - Create the best teaching conditions, teaching equipment, serving life skills education for preschool children and promptly encourage and motivate teachers to perform well in life skills education activities for preschool children in classes Teachers who have good experiences and ideas apply these initiatives in life skills education for preschool children in kindergartens - Implement the propaganda about the role and meaning of life skills education activities for preschool children and the parents of the students, and coordinate well with other educational forces to make life skills education activities for preschool children in the school effective - Apply the management measures proposed by the dissertation flexibly, in accordance with the actual situation of the school For investors of private preschools Ho Chi Minh City - Learning, self-studying to have a correct perception of the value of life skills education activities for preschool children in preschool - Planning appropriate financial resources to increase investment in school facilities and necessary equipment for life skills education activities for preschool children - Developing and implementing policies for administrators and preschool teachers in life skills education for preschool children 2.6 For education and training institutions specializing in preschool education in Ho Chi Minh City - Developing a module on life skills education for preschool children in the training program for students majoring in preschool education and effectively teaching this module, helping future preschool teachers have a foundation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes suitable for life skills education for children - Closely supervising the internship process of preschool students in life skills education activities for preschool children at kindergartens in order to help students experience these activities in practice, and linking the theory learned at school with reality at preschools - Recruiting and organizing short-term refresher courses, thematic training on managing life skills education activities for preschool children in preschools so that managers at all levels in preschools know how to apply measures to manage these activities in the process of managing these activities in preschools, bringing the best effect, especially private preschools