Webcast-based action learning to enhance learning effects in social studies domain classes

Abstract

In recent years, national education authorities in Taiwan have started to emphasise a student-centred cultivation of core capabilities and encouraged schools to set up special classes with curriculum activities for exploring cross-domain subjects. In the domain of social studies, there are corresponding classes to cultivate students’ abilities of inquiry, participation, practice, reflection and innovation through the exploration of different topics. Considering the domain of social studies, this article presents a webcast-based action learning model for students to engage in social studies learning through live field research to cultivate their abilities of inquiry, participation, practice, reflection, innovation. Based on the model presented in this article, the authors propose a curriculum design that is advantageous for students engaged in social studies learning. Then, this design is applied to an exploration and implementation of social studies domain class for developing learning materials and activities to be used in the class. Finally, multiple assessments are applied to verify the effectiveness of the proposed webcast-based action learning model.