Challenges In The Teaching Of Art Common Practices To Enhance Students’ Soft Skills Via Project-Based Learning
- DOI
- 10.2991/upiupsi-18.2019.5How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- PBL, art education, soft skills, pedagogy
- Abstract
The paper explores the challenges and potentials to integrate Project-Based Learning (PBL) in arts classes to enhancing the students’ soft skills in Malaysian schools. One of the aims of the Malaysian Educational blueprint is to develop students’ soft skills, which in turn will ensure greater outcome for them in the future. To achieve that, their soft skills can be improved using PBL approach in the art classroom. This approach is relevant to the 21st century learning concept especially in art education. In fact, many PBL experts highlight the potential of this approach in developing soft skills among the students. However, the concern now is to what extent the current art teaching practice in Malaysian schools reflects the teaching needs of the 21st century classroom and its potential to enhance soft skills among the students. An initial need analysis involving data collection through interviews, observation and document analysis was carried out. This involves the application of PBL approaches in arts classes by five excellent teachers and 10 regular teachers. The findings show that the PBL approach is capable to improve the students’ soft skills and teaching quality. However, there are some issues associated with PBL implementation of arts classes such as teachers’ experience, knowledge, skills and schools management.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ahmad Dasuki Mohd Hawari AU - Azlin Iryani Mohd Noor PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - Challenges In The Teaching Of Art Common Practices To Enhance Students’ Soft Skills Via Project-Based Learning BT - Proceedings of the 8th UPI-UPSI International Conference 2018 (UPI-UPSI 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 26 EP - 31 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/upiupsi-18.2019.5 DO - 10.2991/upiupsi-18.2019.5 ID - DasukiMohdHawari2019/04 ER -