THE IMPACT OF LEARNING SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SERVICE-LEARNING

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop students’ learning and innovation skills for community problem-solving toward sustainable development through service-learning; and 2) to study the effects of developing students’ learning and innovation skills for community problem-solving. The research employed a quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 30 second-year undergraduate students from the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, selected through multi-stage sampling. The research instruments included: 1) a learning management model, 2) nine lesson plans, and 3) a learning skills assessment form, with a content validity index of 0.80. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and one-way repeated measures ANOVA.

The findings revealed that: 1) Learning skills for students consisted of (1) problem-solving skills, (2) communication skills, and (3) information technology skills. 2) The service-learning model for developing learning and innovation skills for community problem-solving comprised five components: (1) principles, (2) objectives, (3) content, (4) instructional process—divided into four steps: Step 1: Preparation, Step 2: Action, Step 3: Knowledge construction and real-world application, and Step 4: Performance evaluation—and (5) assessment and evaluation. The overall quality evaluation of the learning management model was at the highest level (= 4.89, S.D. = 0.18). 3) The effects of developing learning and innovation skills for community problem-solving showed that students’ skills in all three areas—problem-solving, communication, and information technology - significantly increased in each phase at the .05 level.