The Development of An Ecological Intelligence System to Promote Being a Happiness University of Students, Personnel, and Communities
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This research aims 1) to develop an ecological intelligence system to promote being a happiness university, and 2) to operate the pragmatic activity forum to implement an ecological intelligence system to promote being a happiness university. For quantitative research, 1,090 samples generated from Yamane’s formula (1973) by quota sampling include 390 students, 300 personnel, and 400 people in the communities of the service area of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University (UBRU). For qualitative research, the samples selected by convenience sampling consist of 55 students, 33 personnel, and 11 people in the communities of UBRU service area.
The curriculum is evaluated before implementation, the results are found that; 1) the curriculum structure of an ecological intelligence system in terms of principles and reasons of the pragmatic activity forum is absolutely appropriate, 2) the pragmatic forum contents of an ecological intelligence system consist of 3 units: Unit 1, the growth mindset development indicates that the scope of the pragmatic forum contents is absolutely appropriate; Unit 2, the self-esteem development indicates that the learning activities and the pragmatic forum procedures are absolutely appropriate; Unit 3, the promotion of being a happiness university indicates that the learning media for the pragmatic forum is absolutely appropriate.
The pragmatic activity forum for 3 leader groups (a group per day) was held on 24-26 July 2024 at the Inthanin Building, Faculty of Business Administration and Management, UBRU. Trainees who took the pre-test and the post-test indicated that the pre-test and the post-test were different for all groups and the post-test score was higher than the pre-test score. In addition, it was shown that trainees have gotten a better understanding of the growth mindset, the self-esteem, and happiness after participating in this pragmatic forum. Therefore, it indicates that the growth mindset directly affects happiness and the self-esteem. Moreover, the self-esteem directly affects happiness, and the growth mindset also affects happiness through the self-esteem to promote being truly a happiness university.
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