The Creation of Surin Rice Farming Dance Performance to Promote Learning about Rice Farming Lifestyle of Farmers at Prasat Wittayakarn School, Prasat District, Surin Province

Abstract

         This research aims to 1) study the rice planting process of farmers in Surin Province and 2) create a performance of Surin Rice Farming Dance to promote learning about the farmers’ rice planting lifestyle. This is a qualitative and quantitative research that focuses on the creation of performing arts and analysis of the results from the students’ learning questionnaires. The research instruments are interviews and performance achievement tests. The sample group/target group is 30 Mathayom  3 students. The data collected from questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The research results found that 1) the rice planting process in the past, starting from plowing, sowing seeds, pulling out seedlings, transplanting, harvesting, threshing, milling, and separating chaff, led to the results of the study 2) which is the result of creating the Surin Rice Farming Dance, presenting steps of rice planting in form of   a performance to promote learning about the farmers’ rice planting lifestyle at Prasat Witthayakhan School, Prasat District, Surin Province.