DEVELOPING LEARNING MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST INTEGRATE – TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR COLLABORATION IN TOPIC OF POPULATION FOR GRADE 12th STUDENTS

Abstract

This research purpose was studying learning management about topic of population through social constructivist learning theory with technology – integrated to promoting grade 12th communication skills for collaboration. Four cycles of action research including: 1) plan, 2) action, 3) observe, and 4) reflect. Thirty – two students participated in this research. Research tools were lesson plans, reflective journals, semi – structured observation, student learning tasks, and unstructured interview. Content analysis, Resource Triangulation, and Peer Debriefing were used for data analysis. The result showed that the development of each stage of learning by using social constructivist theories with integration of technology as follows: 1) finding new knowledge teacher should support students to search through various and reliable resources, 2) expending agreement students are modified and further their knowledge during group work and within classroom, 3) collaborating knowledge the teacher had to integrate more technology to rise the communication channels and give opportunity for students to expand their understandings of population, and 4) reflecting work. Have students use Facebook to evaluate and provide feedback on how they work within groups and between groups. In addition, this research found that students can improved communication skills for collaboration with parts of non – verbals, listening – talking, and reading – writing.