Teaching Vocational with Technology: A Study of Teaching Aids Applied in Malaysian Vocational Classroom

Anesman B. W. Abdul Rahman, Mohd Azlan Mohammad Hussain, Rafeizah Mohd Zulkifli

Abstract


The Electronic Hardware Repair and Maintenance Course (EHRM) is one of vocational courses at Malaysian Vocational Colleges which have theoretical concepts that students find difficult to understand. Thus, implementation of technological teaching aids (TA) has been expected to help teachers better explain the theoretical concept in this course. The purpose of this study was to identify the various teaching aids applied in EHRM learning sessions as well as to study the usage level of technological teaching aids. This quantitative study was conducted using the questionnaire as the research instrument, the data were analysed descriptively then were reported in percentage and mean. The samples of the study involved 360 students and 106 teachers in the field of Electronic Technology at Malaysian vocational colleges. The findings show that the most widely technological teaching aids used by the Malaysian Vocational college teachers in EHRM classes are radios, televisions, computers and LCD projectors. However, this study found that the use of online material, such as websites, in the EHRM Course is still at low level. This study also indicates that the overall usage of teaching aids in EHRM classes is still at moderate level. Based on the outcome of the study, teaching and learning of EHRM course in Malaysian vocational colleges have been suggested to increase the level of technological teaching aids usage, especially by utilising online-based learning resources to make class sessions more interesting as well as enhancing the student learning outcomes.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.19.7.10


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teaching aids; vocational college; electronic technology; teaching vocational courses

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