Active learning in English for early childhood teacher course, early childhood education program
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The transition into the 21st century results in almost all professions being called as e-careers (electronic) or online careers. Early childhood education is another profession that has a potential for being an e-teacher. Therefore, this quantitative research approach was focused on analyzing the possibilities for the early childhood education program students to develop an active-teaching style in English language courses. The research was conducted by surveying, design and analyzing with online media: blogger.com, Google classroom, Facebook group, and YouTube. Forty-one third year undergraduate students major in early childhood education from the faculty of education participated as the experimental group for this research. They were tested with 32 item questionnaires. All data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The research found that there is a possibility for active-teaching through online media which can integrate many activities. Blogger.com, Google Classroom and Facebook group, all consisted of five elements, while YouTube consisted of one element. The results of the active-teaching method through the online media Facebook group and blogger.com pointed out that the efficiency of teaching was 100 percent, while YouTube and Google classrooms were found to be effective at 50 and 45 percent, respectively. The research results showed that the effectiveness of active-teaching through online media depends on the instructor. Moreover, the effectiveness of English learning and teaching the 21st century through online media depends largely on the support and understanding of the school administrator and the educational institution.
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