The Effectiveness of Diorama as Teaching Aid in Afro-asian Literature Class of Grade Eight at Sto. Niå‡O National High School

Authors

  • Ruby Christine Troyo

Keywords:

diorama, effectiveness, teaching aid

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

There are different ways to stimulate discussion and active learning in the classroom, teachers prepare a range of tools to support and assist the teaching-learning process. Students depend on teaching aid to help them construct their understanding. The visual materials support them as they serve as metal scaffolds and help teachers to correlate and coordinate accurate concepts making the learning more concrete. Thus, in this study, the researcher determined the effectiveness of diorama-a three-dimensional teaching aid in teaching the lessons in Afro-Asian literature to foster students' creativity, interaction, retention and collaboration. This material is useful if real-life objects and scenarios maybe visualized in the classrooms to provide students with a certain amount of direct, rich and meaningful learning experience.To determine the effectiveness of diorama, the study sought to answer its distinctive feature as a teaching aid, how it is utilized in the lessons of Afro-Asian Literature with regards to the following short story elements: Plot; Settings; Characters; and Theme, the significant increase in the student's performance upon utilizing this teaching aid and the activities that may be proposed to supplement the use of diorama in Afro-Asian Literature Class.

METHODS

To serve the purpose of this study and to ensure the reliability of the use of diorama in teaching lessons in Afro-Asian Literature, the researcher employed a descriptive survey research design. The researcher administered the questionnaire, written and practical test to the students with relevance to the elements of the short story and they were assessed at the end of the meeting.

RESULTS

Accordingly, the result of the study revealed that the use of Diorama is effective in teaching the lessons in Afro-Asian Literature with the composite mean of 4. It also showed that the students had a high performance in the written test given by the teacher in identifying the elements of the short story.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on this result, the researcher concluded that the use of diorama as a teaching aid in Afro-Asian literature helped the learners to give their maximum participation in the learning process and develop their critical thinking skill.

Published

2019-01-18