THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING BASED ON ANDRAGOGY CONCEPT IN BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY SUBJECT

Abstract

          The objectives of this research article were to develop teaching and learning based on andragogy concept in biostatistics and epidemiology subject. This research and development is divided into 3 steps: 1) development of teaching and learning based on andragogy concept in biostatistics and epidemiology subject 2) Study of teaching and learning management results based on andragogy concept 3) Assessing the possibilities of the teaching and learning based on andragogy concept. The samples were 74 of bachelor nursing students by purposive selection. The activities developed by Andragogy theory which has 7 levels; 1) The establishment of climate conducive to adult learning, 2) the creation for participative planning 3) diagnosis of needs for learning 4) the formulation of direction of learning 5) the development of design of activities 6) the operation of activities and 7) the rediagnosis of learning. The research tools comprised: 1) questionnaires of the learning outcome under the qualification framework for higher education, questionnaires of knowledge measurement and questionnaires of satisfaction in teaching and learning. Analyzed the data by content analysis frequency distribution and pair - t test. The research results showed that 1) the learning outcome under the qualification framework for higher education was significantly higher than before the study statistically (p <0.05) 2) the knowledge after learning was higher than before. The statistical significance was significantly higher (p <0.05) 3) Satisfaction was the highest ( = 4.67, SD = 0.27).