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The impact of teaching oriental music using blended learning approach
Edward, C.N1, Asirvatham, D2, Johar, M. M.G3.
Purpose – The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate
the impact of teaching Oriental Music using Blended Learning (BL)
approach for the students of senior secondary level in Sri Lanka
specifically focusing on their achievement on required competencies
of Oriental Music at Ordinary Level. The study analyzes the
academic performance of students with detailed comparison of BL
environment and traditional learning environment. Authors propose
the application of BL approach to teach Oriental Music and study
its impact on improvement of students’ competency. The study is
conducted with the application of a mixed instructional design model
of objectivist and constructivist approaches for the design of the
blended learning course in a student centred learning environment.
Methodology – The study was directed by using true experimental
study design with pretest and posttest control groups. BL was applied
to the experimental group and the traditional instruction method
was applied to control group. 9 schools from Colombo district were
randomly selected for the experimental and control groups covering all the three existing school types of Sri Lanka. The study group
consisted of 360 students of Grade 10 and Grade 11 who has been
studying Oriental Music as a subject for General Certificate of
Education Ordinary Level. To analyze the data Descriptive statistics,
Paired samples t test, Independent samples t test were utilized.
Findings – The findings of the experiment indicated that students
who have studied Oriental Music under BL strategy showed a
significant improvement in their music academic performances after
the intervention. The mean post-test of the experimental group was
71.75 which is significantly higher than the mean control group
which was 52.07. The mean difference was 19.68±1.91. Hence,
there is a statistically significant increase in the performance of
students who studied Oriental Music under blended learning. Thus,
it is clearly evident that the blended instruction was effective.
Significance- This study indicated a positive platform to mould and
cater the entire teaching learning process by introducing BL strategy
to Sri Lankan secondary education system and fulfilled an existing
research gap by utilizing BL to teach highly traditional abstract art.
Results of the study contributes to the curriculum designing field
with novel ideas to adapt blended instructions to teach secondary
level students effectively.
Affiliation:
- Management and Science University, Malaysia
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
- Management and Science University, Malaysia
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MyJurnal (2021) |
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3 |
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0.000 |
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CiteScore (2) |
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Q1 (Cultural Studies) Q2 (Education) Q3¬¬¬ (Psychology (all)) |
Additional Information |
SJR (0.385) |
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