Development of Positive Experience Teaching Model to Enhance Personal Growth Initiative of Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research aimed to examine the factors affecting Personal Growth Initiative of Undergraduate Students. The data collected from the group of 164 students and 3 lecturers of Guangxi Vocational University Of Agriculture included the Environmental art design Major, the Fine arts Major, the Chinese international education Major and the Smart agricultural technology Major. The research instruments were the questionnaire for students and interview protocol. The data were statistically analyzed by finding frequency, mean and Standard Deviation (SD.) in quantitative data and used content analysis in qualitative data. The result revealed that the internal and external factors affecting Personal Growth Initiative of Undergraduate Students are found to be at a high level. For the finding from interview lecturers, they identified the internal factors that the development of students’ Personal Growth Initiative are physical factors and psychological factors. For the external factors, the most affecting factors are: 1) Social environment; 2) Materials; 3) Teaching method 4) class size and 5) Evaluation.