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Khoshnodifar Z, Abbasi E, Farhadian H, Sadighi H, Pouratashi M. Comparative Comparison of Lecture and Team Member Teaching Design Methods in Agricultural Higher Education System of Iran. JAST 2020; 22 (4) :891-904
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Comparative Comparison of Lecture and Team Member Teaching Design Methods in Agricultural Higher Education System of Iran
Z. Khoshnodifar1 , E. Abbasi * 2, H. Farhadian1 , H. Sadighi1 , M. Pouratashi3
1- Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
2- Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. , enayat.abbasi@modares.ac.ir
3- Department of Comparative Studies in Higher Education, Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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At the colleges of agriculture in Iran, lecture is used as a dominated teaching method. Team learning is one of the most commonly used educational methods in the present erea. The aim of this study was to compare the Team Member Teaching Design (TMTD) and the regular lecture method on the academic achievement and teamwork behavior of agricultural students. A within-subject design was followed for two courses in which students first attended a series of lectures and then participated in team teaching. Differences between lecture and team teaching methods were examined for their academic achievement and teamwork. The study samples were taken of Agricultural Extension and Education Department of the University of Tehran during the academic year of 2017-2018. The mean scores of academic achievement and the teamwork behavior of students were compared. In compared coursess, the effect of TMTD method on the academic achievement of students was shown. The results of means comparison tests indicated a significant difference between the two methods of teaching in the field of academic achievement and the strengthening of the teamwork behavior of students. The paper further discusses team method implementation and its implication for teaching and proffers the way forward for an effective use of teaching methods for better results in the classroom teaching and learning process.
Keywords: Classroom teaching, Teamwork behavior, TMTD method.
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Agricultural Extension and Education
Received: 2019/02/19 | Accepted: 2019/11/15 | Published: 2020/06/13
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