Enhancing the 21st century life skills of university students using whole brain literacy, experiential learning theory, and appreciative inquiry: an action research for Assumption University
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Scholar: Human Sciences 11, 2 (July-December 2019), 196-210
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Enhancing the 21st century life skills of university students using whole brain literacy, experiential learning theory, and appreciative inquiry: an action research for Assumption University
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This research investigated the effect of organization development interventions
(ODI) using three modalities namely: Whole Brain Literacy (WBL), Experiential
Learning Theory, and Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in enhancing the 21st Century Life Skills
of undergraduate students in Assumption University of Thailand. An action research was
conducted in three phases; pre-ODI, ODI, and post-ODI where both quantitative and
qualitative research methods were used to explore, assess and gather the data to enhance
the life skills of students which included thinking skills, action-related skills, creativity
skills, relationship skills, and self-management skills. The quantitative data were
collected by using the same set of questionnaire which has been developed from relevant
sources on life skills development during before and after OD interventions to measure
life skills with close-ended questions while the qualitative data were collected from an
interview, observation, and group discussion. The Design of the Action Research used
two groups of 30 students each, the first group went through Organization Development
Interventions (ODI) and the second group of 30 was the control group without the ODI.
The participants were selected by using Purposive sampling technique. The quantitative
data was analyzed by using Paired Sample T-Test and the content analysis was used for
the qualitative data. The findings reveal that OD interventions helped enhance the
confidence level of life skills of the students involved in the study. As a recommendation,
a new model for enhancing the life skills of students called “Life Skills Enhancement
Model for Students: the Processes of Learning and Living on Purpose was developed.
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