Identifying the Effectiveness of Active Learning Strategies and Benefits in Curriculum and Pedagogy Course for Undergraduate TESL Students

Abstract

The teachers nowadays are trained properly, competently enough, excel academically with high grades but still considered as "incapable" or "unfit" to teach. There are still many problems and weaknesses among young graduates, despite the initiatives taken by the government to address the issue. The adoption and practice of active learning approaches into the component of course design offered in higher institutions is a common practice nowadays and is crucial in addressing these weaknesses among our young graduates. This case study identifies the effectiveness of active learning strategies and benefits in curriculum and pedagogy course which is a central concept of student-centred learning, derived from the constructivist approach. This article aims to ensure the course efficacy by integrating active learning to support their practice of active learning brought to learners by micro teaching, peer-reflections/feedbacks and self-reflections. Data were collected from documents in a form of e-reflections in ifolio and telephone interviews via WhatsApp Mobile Phone application. This qualitative study reports in detail the experience of 10 undergraduate students. The findings reveal the effectiveness of the three commonly used strategies associated with active learning strategies in this study. Among the beneficial of imparting active learning strategies are as follows; creates positive learning environment, allows direct interaction between lecturers and students, promotes open minded ideology, learn to respect someone else opinion, enhance communication skill, allows students to personally engaged with the learning activities and encourage participation. The findings and discussion of this study would be able to help the pertinent parties such as policy maker, teachers, facilitators and students with better guidance for utilising and maximizing different other selections of active learning strategies Creative Education that could benefit teaching and learning process in the higher education scenario.

Improving student learning outcomes in science subjects through the implementation of PBL-based module

“…In addition, cooperative learning can overcome students' boredom because it can maintain their learning motivation (Alfares, 2017;Lai, 2011). On the other hand, the principle of constructivism will facilitate the teacher to associate science concepts that will be studied by students with the scientific concepts that students have brought before entering class (Shaaruddin & Mohamad, 2017). The application of constructivism learning can also minimize misconceptions in science learning (Putrayasa, 2018;Tompo, Ahmad, & Muris, 2016).…”

Impact of Game-Based Learning on Understanding Lean Construction Principles

“…Finally, the "work sampling" game is important to acquire competence on benchmarking (P11: 45%). Overall, these results highlight the need to combine lecture with multiple games to achieve both comprehensive knowledge about Lean principles and understanding of their application in the construction industry [14,29,54]. Additionally, following Burch and Smith [16], the results emphasize the importance of choosing specific simulations and games depending on the particular LCPs to be taught, ensuring the success of learning.…”

“…The results in Table 3 show that the professional expertise does not have a significant influence on the level of competence acquired after the lecture class (p-value < 0.05). Therefore, these results highlight the need to use game-based learning to teach Lean Construction Principles in order to achieve a proper understanding of their applicability in the construction industry [54]. Table 3.…”

Improve Correspondence Learning Outcomes and Problem-Solving Capabilities by Developing Modules Based on Problem Based Learning

“…A recent study stated that learners learn more when active learning is compared to traditional teaching methods, regardless of the subject matter. In addition, students tend to enjoy classes more and are able to store information longer (Shaaruddin & Mohamad, 2017).…”