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Development of Contextualized Game-based Pedagogy based on Teachers and Students Perception on the Useof Game in Teaching Social Science

Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The use of game as pedagogy in teaching social science could be effective if contextualization will be considered, hence this study was conducted to assess its usage as viewed by the teachers and students among select autonomous schools in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippine. This study used sequential explanatory mixed method which combines both quantitative and qualitative research aspects. For the quantitative, a quantitative descriptive survey was administered to 10 teachers, where purposive sampling was used and 384 students with the use of a two stage stratification sampling technique. For the qualitative, a key informant interview was conducted to 10 teachers and students of the same school in order to substantiate the responses of the respondents from the survey questionnaire. Responses were analyzed through the use of the Median as a measure of summarizing quantitative data. It was revealed that both teachers and students have exhibited strong agreement that the use of game in teaching social science subjects has to be flexible, recent, suitable, clear and impartial. Meanwhile, parameter on effectiveness was only strongly agreed by the teachers. On the qualitative aspect, after the viewpoints of the participants were transcribed, translated, coded and analyzed thematically, it was noted that in using game as pedagogy in teaching social science, noise should be minimized, students should not be exhausted physically, there should have clear point system, should not consume more time and technology must be utilized. With the combined quantitative and qualitative result, a contextualized game-based pedagogy was developed which is highly recommended for the social science teachers to use in order to enhance the teaching and learning classroom experiences
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3126863166
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