The Development of Learning Activities for Enhancing Creative Self-Directed Learning Skills of the Graduate Diploma Program in Teaching Profession Students

Abstract

Factors essential for developing learners' love for learning, learning skills, and desirable characteristics that facilitate continuous learning and self-development include self-directed learning skills. This research aimed to study the effectiveness of organizing learning activities using a model that enhances the creative self-directed learning skills of students in the Graduate Diploma Program in Teaching Profession. The research employed a quasi-experimental design with a one-group time series approach. The target group consisted of students enrolled in the GTP514 course, "Learning and Classroom Management," in the first semester of the 2023 academic year. This group comprised six classrooms with a total of 180 students. The research instruments included a creative self-directed learning skills assessment scale with five rating levels, a content validity index of 1.00, and a reliability coefficient of 0.82. The statistical methods used included percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings revealed that all students showed a significant increase in creative self-directed learning skills at every assessment interval, with each subsequent assessment yielding a higher average score than the previous one. This indicates that the students' creative self-directed learning skills had improved over time.