ORGANIZING YOUNG FARMER ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY TO ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BEHAVIOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to 1) to study the environmental preservation behavior of early childhood  when undertaking organizing young farmer activities in accordance with the philosophy of the sufficiency 2) to compare the environmental preservation behavior of early childhood before and after the organizing young farmer activities in accordance with the philosophy of the sufficiency. The target group under the research includes 5-6 year-old male and female preschoolers of kindergarten grade 3 in the 1st semester of academic year 2021. All the 8 preschoolers obtained by selective selection are studying at Muang Kaset Wisai school, in Kaset Wisai district, under the supervision of the Office of Primary Education Area 2 in Roi Et. Tools used in this research are:  Plans  for organizing young farmer activities in accordance with the philosophy of the sufficiency, which consists of Kindergarten Year 3  experience organizing unit, 8 units, each unit, 5 plans, a total of 40 plans and  behavior assessment form for preserving nature and environment of early childhood for use in pre- and post-study tests. The statistics used to analyze the data consists of average, standard deviation and percentage. The research results revealed that the early childhood had higher behaviors in caring for nature and the environment. After receiving organizing young farmer activities in accordance with the philosophy  of the sufficiency economy