SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY: INTEGRATED INSTRUCTION BASED ON HOME-BASED LEARNING IN CRISIS PERIOD OF COVID-19

Abstract

Integrated instruction based on home-based learning in crisis period of Covid-19 was used the sufficiency economy philosophy (SEP) as the main learning outcomes including decision-making principles, screening, rationality based on environmental knowledge and ethical consideration. The Ministry of Education began to use the policy ‘Sufficiency Economy Philosophy’ included in the national curriculum after the economic crisis in the year 2540 with the principle of developing the whole school system by inserting the concept of sufficiency: decision-making principle, rationality, morality, ethics and environmental protection into teaching activities Crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic becomes an important turning point in education. Most schools have to close, affecting normal teaching, so distance teaching and online learning are required. Learning requires "home" instead of school, so home-based learning designed by teachers and parents becomes the important ways to help and support children in learning. For the design of home-based learning as mentioned, if the designs use resources from agriculture in the household or community, using the principles of sufficiency economy as a guideline, content, and media for teaching and learning, it will be many powerful treasures for children to learn. Therefore, the use of new agricultural principles and concepts based on sufficiency economy principles prevailed in almost every parent household as a medium for integrating economic philosophy for teaching at students’ homes (in many forms of integration) may be appropriate for the current crisis situation.