Abstract

Given the importance of globalization as well as the need to train skilled and knowledgeable employees for the 21st century workforce, higher education needs to take a more critical look at the educational practices and instructional methods which lead to improvements in students' essential skills such as self-directed learning. This study sought to examine the effects of project-based learning (PoBL) strategy on students' self-directed learning skills in a system-based education course offered in the educational technology department of Arak University in Iran. In order to achieve this end, a sample of 78 students in the field of educational technology who enrolled in the system-based education course was selected. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of the two groups: the experimental group (PoBL strategy) and control group (conventional teaching strategy). The self-directed learning readiness scale (SDLRS) was administrated three times (i.e. pretest, post-test one, and post-test two). The experimental group received the PoBL strategy and the control group was exposed to conventional teaching (CT) methods. The results of two-way repeated measure ANOVA tests revealed that students who were taught using PoBL strategy performed significantly better in terms of self-directed learning skills than did students who were taught using CT strategy.

Citation

Bagheri, M., Ali, W.Z.W., Abdullah, M.C.B. & Daud, S.M. (2013). Effects of Project-Based Learning Strategy on Self-Directed Learning Skills of Educational Technology Students. Contemporary Educational Technology, 4(1), 15-29. Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/193462/.

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Keywords

• active learning
• Comparative Analysis
• Control Groups
• Conventional Instruction
• Education Courses
• educational technology
• Experimental Groups
• Foreign Countries
• higher education
• Independent Study
• Learning Readiness
• learning strategies
• Measures (Individuals)
• Pretests Posttests
• Randomized Controlled Trials
• Scores
• Statistical Analysis
• Student Projects
• teaching methods
• undergraduate students