Explaining the Effect of Integrated Teaching on the Quality of Students' Learning in Mazandaran Province in Order to Present a Model

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explain the effect of integrated teaching on the quality of students' learning in Mazandaran province in order to present a model.Methodology: This is an applied-developmental research, a field data collection method and a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population includes all professors of higher education of the Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran in 2017-18 to 201 people, which using Krejcie and Morgan table and stratified random sampling method of 132 people as the sample size was selected Were. Data collection tools were researcher-made questionnaires on the quality of learning and the use of integrated methods in higher education. The validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts, reliability was obtained through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was performed using exploratory factor analysis using Spss and pls software.Findings: The results showed that three dimensions of learning-memorization (quality of assessment and evaluation, goal selection and technology selection, learning strategy and management of classroom and memorization) and three dimensions of academic motivation (goal orientation, self-efficacy in acquiring skills and External valuation) has been extracted. It also showed that the dimensions of integrated teaching (dimensions of learning, interactive, direct and inclusive) have been identified and extracted.Conclusion: The use of integrated education approach is effective on motivation and risk-seeking The use of the integrated education approach, by creating a suitable platform for the implementation of student-centered methods and performing appropriate activities, will provide the ground for consolidating and increasing the durability of the learned concepts. Therefore, the process of integrated education causes students to pay more attention to the curriculum and ultimately facilitates the desire to learn the curriculum.