Effect of Learning Management Using Experiential Learning Method on The Students’ Production Ability of Purple Clay Teapot

Abstract

Background and Aim: The Chinese government advocates preserving and developing traditional culture. As part of the traditional handicraft industry, the purple clay teapot has artistic both, practical, and economic benefits. The design and production of the purple clay teapot have high promotional value. The traditional purple clay teapot teaching course separates classroom learning and practice, students lose their interest in learning and cannot combine theory with practice, resulting in low learning efficiency and an unwillingness to engage in the purple clay teapot business. The research objective is to study the effect of learning management using the experiential learning method on the students’ production abilities of purple clay teapots.

Materials and Methods: The researcher looked into the history of the purple clay teapot training and the questions people had about it. She also looked into the experiential learning method based on how the purple clay teapot training course worked. The researcher looked at the related literature using content analysis and came up with a new way to teach that will be used in the course. Then, data were collected and analyzed using the statistical program. The assessment of the learning achievement and students’ production ability using a t-test for dependent samples and the student’s satisfaction using an arithmetic mean and standard deviation.

Results: From the study, it was found that: 1) after learning through the experiential learning method, posttest scores of students’ learning achievement were higher than pretest scores at the.05 level of statistical significance (t₂₉ = 13.06, p <0.05). 2). The mean score of students’ production ability of purple clay teapots was 47.23, and the standard deviation was 7.48, which was statistically higher than the determined criterion of 70% (full score is 60.00, criteria score is 42.00). 3); the mean scores of students’ satisfaction with learning management using experiential learning methods were 4.04 (full score = 5.00, SD = 0.69).

Conclusion: The experiential learning method can significantly improve the students’ production abilities for purple clay teapots. The tested data on students’ learning achievement and their production ability verified the research hypothesis. The students were satisfied with the experiential learning method. It brought interest and enthusiasm to students, cultivated their learning willingness, and enhanced their production ability.