Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to develop short movie activities and contemplative practices designed to enhance existential intelligence among primary school students, to create a scale of existential intelligence, and to study the effect of activities and contemplative practice by use of behavioral and EEG instruments. The voluntary participants were 75 students from Grade 5 of Jearming School, Prachinburi in the private academic year 2018. These volunteers were randomly and equally assigned to experimental groups. Research instruments consisted of 1) the activities to enhance existential intelligence, 2) the scale of existential intelligence, and 3) Emotiv Epoc+ Data were analyzed using t-test and Multivariate Analysis of Variance.
The major results showed that 1) short movie activities and contemplative practices could enhance existential intelligence, 2) the scale of existential intelligence was suitable for use, and 3) the male participants with low Existential Intelligence had a higher existential intelligence after training with significant differences of Alpha and Gamma EEG frequencies found at the P8 electrode site.