An Assessment of the Animated Film "The Road to Excellence" as a Learning Tool in Teaching UBCV1

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In this era where innovation, technology, and learning are fast changing, educational institutions and organizations need to reshape the curriculum and develop innovative teaching strategies to adapt to the needs of the 21st century learners. One of skills that the 21st century learner must develop is creativity. Generation Z and Alpha, who are also known as the Social Media Kids possess creativity that needs to be honed for them to be ready for the skills needed in the industry. The researchers fully acknowledge the need of developing this skill, hence this study. The researchers are ICT students who studied ANIMATION NCII as their major subjects in grade 11. They produced a fully animated video of Chapter 8: Road to Excellence in reference to the University ofBatangasCoreValues (UBCV1) equivalent to four (4) units teaching the history and core values of the university as their final project. The researchers used the animated film as their topic paper in Practical Research 2 that aims to assess the animated film as a learning tool compared to traditional classroom discussion in UBCV1.

METHODS

The study is qualitative and quantitative in nature. Two (2) sections with 40 students each who were enrolled in UBCV1 with the same teacher were selected for the data gathering. One section went through traditional classroom discussion and the other watched the animated film.

RESULTS

The results revealed that students who watched the animated film correctly answered the questions compared to those who went through the traditional classroom discussion. The teacher who was interviewed suggested that if both classroom discussion and the particular style of the animated film that was used will be both utilized in teaching the subjects, the students will be more interested with the lesson.

DISCUSSIONS

The significant mean difference revealed that by watching the animated film, the performance of the students in the formative test was higher than the traditional classroom discussion, indicating its effectiveness as a learning tool. Moreover, the study recommends that this kind of method should be used as an alternative learning tool.