TITLE:
Measuring the Effectiveness of a Proposed Educational Program in Teaching Pattern-Making of Children’s Clothing to Severely Hearing-Impaired Students Using E-Learning
AUTHORS:
Afra Al Liati, Maha Al-Dabagh
KEYWORDS:
Educational Program, E-Learning, Severely Hearing-Impaired Students, Fashion Manufacturing
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.12,
December
7,
2021
ABSTRACT: Severely hearing-impaired students are among student groups that are most
in need of e-learning, as they rely mainly on the sense of sight when receiving
information. Therefore, teachers are advised to activate the use of new technologies
to overcome the academic difficulties and problems they face. That said, this study
aimed to prepare a proposed educational program using e-learning for the severely
hearing-impaired students in the (fashion manufacturing) course at the Faculty of
Human Sciences and Designs of King Abdulaziz University. The study also sought to
measure the program effectiveness in imparting basic knowledge and skills on (pattern-making
of children’s clothing) to the research sample, using e-learning. The study applied
the descriptive approach so as to address the research theoretical framework, and
to determine the basic knowledge on methods that are utilized in preparing electronic
curricula, in consistent with the cognitive, educational and emotional characteristics
of severely hearing-impaired students, as well as to address the basic knowledge
of the (children’s clothing) curriculum. It also applied the experimental approach
to measure the effectiveness of the proposed educational program in imparting basic
knowledge of the pattern-making of children’s clothing. The study sample included
21 severely hearing-impaired students, who are studying fashion manufacturing course
within a bachelor’s program. The study tools included an evaluation form to be filled
by expert assessors in the field of fashion and textiles as well as specialists
in hearing impairment, on the effectiveness of the proposed educational program
in imparting basic knowledge and skills of pattern-making of children’s clothing.
It also included achievement posttests and pretests to measure the effectiveness
of the proposed educational program in imparting knowledge to the students, and
cognitive posttests and pretests to measure the program’s effectiveness in imparting
skills to the students. The tools also included a skill performance assessment scale
to measure the students’ attitudes towards the proposed educational program, using
e-learning. The study found that there was a statistically significant difference
at the level (0.05) between the frequencies and percentages of the levels of students’
attitudes towards learning pattern-making of children’s clothing using e-learning,
which confirms the effectiveness of the proposed educational course. The research
recommends that computer-based educational programs be applied to the other courses
in fashion and textile section, and to be designed in a way that considers the characteristics
of severely hearing-impaired students.