DEVELOPING TEACHERS’ LEARNING MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND INNOVATION SKILLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

          The objective of the present research study were 1) to study the context of current situation and the need for learning management to develop students’ learning and innovation skills for the 21^st Century, 2) to help develop teachers’ ability for learning management to develop students’ learning and innovation skills and to assess the results of the development, and 3) to study learning and innovation skills that had developed in the students who participated in the learning activities to develop learning and innovation skills. The Research and Development Design was used in the study which was organized in 3 phases in which the first phase was devoted to the study of the current situation and the need for learning management to develop students’ learning and innovation skills; the second phase was for the development teachers’ ability to organize learning activities to develop students’ learning and innovation skills and to assess the results of the development; and the third phase was for a study learning and innovation skills that had developed in the students as a result of their participation in the learning activities to develop learning and innovation skills.

Results of the study show that: 1) Currently the teachers as a whole organize learning activities for the development of learning and innovation skills at a “high” level; however, they, as a whole, still  need to be trained in learning activity management at a “highest” level; 2) Results of training the teachers in learning activity management to develop students’ learning and innovation skills are reported as follows: 2.1) The teachers who participated in the training for learning activity management to develop students’ learning and innovation skills made a mean achievement of 39.91 or 79.82% after the training which is higher than the prescribed criterion of 70%; 2.2) Thirty-seven teachers or 78.72% of the participants who participated in the training were able to organize a “very good” level of learning activities to develop students’ learning and innovation skills, while 10 teachers or 21.28% of the group were able to organize a “good” level of learning activities for the same purpose; 3)  Results of a study on learning and innovation skills that had been developed in the students show that: 3.1) The students as a whole made a mean achievement score of 78.32% on learning and innovation skills which is higher than the prescribed criterion of 70%; 3.2) The students’ satisfaction with the learning activities to develop students’ learning and innovation skills, as a whole, was at a “highest” level, (=4.63, S.D.=0.61).