Purpose – This study aims to examine the attributes of meaningful learning that student teachers perceived as enabling them to improve their digital pedagogy. It is concerned with how the meaningful learning activities help to prepare student teachers to successfully integrate digital technologies in their future teaching practice. Methodology – This study adopted a qualitative research design and was underpinned by a meaningful learning theory as the theoretical and analytical framework. A total of 24 final year student teachers participated in this study. Data were mainly collected through student teachers’ reflections regarding their learning experience. Thematic analysis was utilized to analyze and present the findings. Findings –The findings offer some important insights into how the learning activities carried out in this Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project have directly and indirectly accelerated the acquisition of all the five attributes of meaningful learning. The findings of this study reveal that meaningful learning activities contribute to the improvement of the student teachers’ knowledge of and skills in using Web 2.0. This improvement has boosted their confidence to integrate digital pedagogy in future teaching practices. The findings also indicate that although student teachers value their experiences in meaningful learning activities, they have some concerns regarding firstly, their capacities in applying digital pedagogy and secondly, the practicality of integrating Web 2.0 tools in the school setting because of several inherent limitations. Significance – Meaningful learning activities when incorporated into teacher training programmes will expose student teachers to authentic experiences which will be beneficial for their own learning and future teaching practice.
The aim of this study is to identify the impact of Group-Based Flipped Learning (GBFL) in improving higher order thinking skills among pre-service teachers. This study involved 17 pre-service teachers enrolled in Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme. This study adopted a qualitative approach within scholarship of teaching and learning research design. The data from instructors' and students' reflective writings and students' works were thematically analysed. Students' reflections were based on their learning experience in Technology and Innovation in Education course. Analysis of students' and instructors' reflections indicated that students experienced meaningful learning through active and collaborative learning activities. In addition, students felt connected to each other through GBFL. Students also valued the GBFL as it enhances their higher order thinking skills in terms of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. The outcome of this research contributes to the development of GBFL guideline that can be applied in designing meaningful GBFL. Course designers and instructors can integrate GBFL in order to improve students' higher order thinking skill which is important for developing students' 21st century learning skill.
Students in this 21st century are required to acquire these 4C skills: Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. These skills can be integrated in the teaching and learning through innovative teaching that promotes active and meaningful learning. One way of integrating these skills is through collaborative knowledge creation and sharing. This paper providesan example of meaningful teaching and learning activities designed within the Create-Share-Collaborate instructional strategy by utilizing Web 2.0 tool namely Popplet.
ABSTRAK:Slogan merupakan satu cara untuk mengungkapkan gambaran mengenai sesuatu produk yang ditawarkan oleh sesebuah syarikat atau organisasi. Tujuan penciptaan slogan iklan ialah untuk memperkenalkan dan mengingatkan pengguna kepada sesuatu produk yang dihasilkan. Oleh itu, salah satu kaedah yang dilakukan oleh pengeluar ialah dengan cara memperkenalkan slogan iklan yang menarik dan mudah diingati oleh pengguna. Melalui penghasilan slogan iklan yang menarik dan mudah diingati diharapkan dapat mempopularkan lagi sesuatu jenama produk yang ditawarkan oleh pengeluar. Namun begitu, adakah slogan iklan yang dihasilkan menepati maksud yang ingin disampaikan oleh pengeluar? Selain itu, adakah slogan iklan yang dihasilkan memaparkan perlakuan sebenar produk tersebut? Justeru, kertas kerja ini akan mengenal pasti dan menganalisis slogan-slogan iklan yang terdapat di dalam majalah Mingguan Wanita Edisi Khas Syawal 2015 dan Harmoni Edisi Khas Ramadan dan Aidilfitri bagi tahun 2015. Analisis akan dilakukan dengan melihat maksud yang tersurat dan tersirat daripada aspek bahasa yang digunakan di dalam slogan iklan tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan majalah tersebut banyak memaparkan slogan-slogan iklan produk kosmetik dan kesihatan. Dari segi mesej pula, setiap slogan iklan mempunyai mesej atau maksud tersurat dan tersirat di sebalik slogan yang dihasilkan. Penghasilan sloganslogan sebegini secara tidak langsung telah menjadi ingatan kepada pengguna dan seterusnya dapat meningkatkan lagi penjualan produk-produk keluaran syarikat-syarikat.KATA KUNCI: Slogan iklan, majalah, produk, tersurat, tersirat. PENGENALANSlogan memainkan peranan penting kepada sesebuah syarikat atau organisasi dalam usaha memperkenalkan produk atau perkhidmatan yang ditawarkan. Penciptaan slogan menjadi kemestian kepada syarikat atau organisasi bagi menarik perhatian khalayak untuk mengenali barangan yang dihasilkan atau perkhidmatan yang ditawarkan. Slogan biasanya dihasilkan dalam bentuk ayat atau ungkapan yang dicipta oleh pihak syarikat atau organisasi untuk mewakili gambaran ideologi, objektif dan misi sesebuah institusi, persatuan atau parti politik dan sesuatu produk komersial (Indirawati Zahid, 2010). Selain itu, slogan turut mempengaruhi hala tuju sesebuah syarikat atau organisasi. Ia akan menjadi cerminan atau pantulan identiti sesebuah syarikat atau organisasi supaya ia tampil lebih menyerlah lagi.Walaupun perkataan yang digunakan di dalam slogan hanyalah meliputi beberapa patah perkataan sahaja namun ia membawa mesej di sebalik kata-kata tersebut. Ini kerana slogan merupakan kata keramat yang mengandungi segala maklumat utama yang dipadatkan dalam bentuk ayat yang mudah atau ungkapan yang ringkas dan bereufoni (mempunyai bunyi yang indah) bagi tujuan menarik perhatian khalayak (Indirawati Zahid, 2010). Bagi menghasilkan sesebuah slogan yang menarik, baik dan diingati pengguna, penciptaan
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