Teachers' Beliefs And Levels Of Use In The Adoption Of The Student-Active Learning Approach In Efl Classrooms In Oman

• Main Author: Humaid Al Shekaili, Bati Sulaiman
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: HF5001-6182 Business
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/30328/1/SAL_PhD_Thesis_Final_Hard_Cover_Copy_August_2014.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/30328/

Matlamat utama kajian ini adalah menyelidik kepercayaan guru dan Tahap Penggunaan (TP) kaedah Pemelajaran Aktif-Pelajar (PAP) di bilik darjah EFL di Oman. Kajian ini juga turut menyelidik cabaran yang dihadapi oleh para guru dalam merealisasikan kaedah PAP. 505 orang guru daripada tujuh buah kolej teknologi di Oman. Bagi pengumpulan data, kaedah kajian tinjauan dan temu bual secara mendalam digunakan. Instrumen pertama yang digunakan adalah soal selidik untuk memperoleh suatu gambaran yang menyeluruh tentang kepercayaan guru dan TP mereka dalam melaksanakan kaedah PAP. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the teachers' Beliefs and their Levels of Use (LoU) in the adoption of the Student-Active Learning (SAL) approach in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Oman. It was also aimed to investigate the challenges encountered by the teachers in the adoption of the SAL approach. 505 teachers from seven Colleges of Technology (CsoT) across Oman participated in this study. It employed the survey research method and interview for data collection. The first instrument used was the questionnaire, to obtain a holistic picture of the teachers' beliefs and their LoU in the SAL approach adoption.