Andragogy characteristics of undergraduate students’ towards web-based technology of learning in association to teaching strategies
Salina Budin1, Aznifa Mahyam Zaharudin2, Shaira Ismail3.
An increasing number of undergraduate students’ enrolment and high
capability of technology advancement contribute to an enormous change
in the teaching and learning perspectives. It has led to an evolution
in the educational fi eld. Traditional teaching strategies are no longer
favourable and have been traded with web-based technology teaching
strategies. This new style of teaching strategy demands a high level of
students’ responsibilities’ to be more independent and highly self-directed
and motivated towards their own learning. In other words, they must be
andragogy oriented. This study attempted to investigate the readiness level
among undergraduate students towards web-based technology learning.
The main purpose of this work is to identify whether undergraduate
students who are categorized as young adults are andragogy oriented
individuals. The questionnaire used in this study is based on Malcom
Knowles adult learner assumptions. The instrument was validated and
the alpha coeffi cient reliability index obtained using Cronbach method
was 0.94. The results indicated that half of undergraduate students
possess andragogy characteristics, whereas the remaining is still beyond
andragogy characteristics. It is also demonstrated that almost 70% of the
students exhibit adult characteristics in self-directed, readiness to learn
and motivational level assumptions, whereas for the criteria of need to
know and experience assumptions, around 50% of the students are still beyond andragogy orientation. The outcomes demand the lecturers to be
more responsive and receptive on students’ readiness levels towards the
web-based technology learning in association to their teaching strategies.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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