1. RESEARCH PROPOSAL DRAFT
A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA USAGE
IN ART TEACHING FOR NEW AGE
AMIRA BINTI AHMAD MAHMUD
2013146821
ED702
2. CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction
Technology and multimedia is a term have been spoken by public since early of
1990s. It received widespread attention in variety of aspects, such as in field of
entertainment, advertising, exhibition, presentation, games, exercises, and education.
Multimedia and technology is not a new thing. It existed since the start of
communication era, that involves the sound and visual display. Before this, the teacher
had using multimedia when teaching, for example the teacher using video cassette for
music subject. With the development of computer technology nowadays, multimedia are
started to be accepted.
Generally, multimedia is the usage of variety types of media that been used for
communication purpose. The time and technology evolution causes the definition of
multimedia changes. Nowadays, the public accepted multimedia as a communication
device that combine the usage of various media with the support of computer
technology. (Jamalludin Harun, Zaidatun Tasir, 2003).
According to Wikipedia, (n. d.), there is a branch of educational theory for early
childhood which relates to the teaching of young children until the age until about eight,
with a particular focus on education, notable in the period before the start of compulsory
education.
The children with the early stage of age experience life more holistically, then any
other age group. Social, emotional, cognitive, language, and physical lessons are not
learned separately by any young children. Adult who are most helpful to young children
3. interact in ways that understand that the child is learning from the whole experience.
(Wikipedia, n. d.).
The new age children have the high sense of curiosity. They are more to explore the
new thig that they facing in their life. This situation is very suitable with the approach of
multimedia and technology in teaching and learning of art education in new age.
4. 1.1 Background of the Study
New age education is the education focuses on children’s learning trough play,
based on the research and philosophy Jean Piaget. This belief is centered on the ‘Power
of Play’. It has been thought that children learn more efficiency and gain more
knowledge play-based activities such as dramatic play, art, and social games. This
theory plays stems children’s natural curiosity and tendencies to ‘make believe’ mixing in
educational lessons. (Winner, Melinda, 2009).
The need of multimedia and technology usage in art teaching is to make the
learning method increase significantly along with globalization. Before this, the usage of
media is already applied, i.e., the usage of cassette in music subject, in literature class
to play poems, and documentaries. The new age students can understand and adapt
easier about what they learn with the multimedia and technology as the teaching tools.
This is because, the cassette provides audio that can be play and gives the sound of
melody and pronunciation. It also can be access repeatedly in order to gives
understanding to the students.
Nowadays, the technology expands concomitant with the education evolution. In
school, the multimedia and technology in teaching and learning has been implemented.
Apart from that, the teaching tools have changed from media to multimedia that
combined the various of media such as audio, visual, graphic, animation, and etc that
being supported with the computer technology.
Based on the statement above, clearly that the new age students must be familiar
with the multimedia and technology in art learning.
According to Wen. S, (2000), nowadays, most of people have computers and the
teachers should use multimedia in teaching. Compare to the past teacher that wrote
using the chalk, and occasionally drawing simple pictures, by using multimedia in
5. teaching must be interactive teaching.
According to the previous research, the introduction of multimedia and technology
have been made for its potential to facilitate the learning of other subjects, and even for
the development of students’ thinking. (Kennewell, S., Parkinson, J., Tanner, H., 2000).
Therefore, the usage of multimedia and technology in art teaching should be
practice to the new age students and identify the effectiveness on the usage of
multimedia and technology in art teaching.
6. 1.2 Problem Statement
The education system nowadays encounter the rapid changes. Teaching and
learning with the usage of multimedia and technology in art subject has been widely
used. This is because the teaching and learning method have changed over the
technology usage evolution. However, the ability of the student in new age in adapting
and learning multimedia and technology should be taken into consideration.
The application that been used also need to be study and identify about on how it
been operate. The usage of multimedia and technology need to be identified on how it
influence the students in their interest, perception, and motivation.
However, how effective is the multimedia and technology usage in art teaching for
new age? Therefore, the study will explore the level of effectiveness of the multimedia
and technology usage in art teaching for new age and suggest better ways to improve it.
7. 1.3 Research Objectives
The research objective for this study are:
1. To study on the multimedia and technology application that been used in art
subject as the teaching tools and how it been operate.
2. To analyze the level of capability of the new age students in adapting and dealing
with the multimedia and technology application in art learning.
3. To investigate whether the multimedia and technology usage in art teaching for
new age improve the curriculum unit.
4. To identify the method that the teacher used to evaluate the new age student
performance regarding to the usage of multimedia and technology in art teaching.
5. To identify how the multimedia and technology usage in art teaching influence the
new age students in their emotion, interest, and perception.
8. 1.4 Research Questions
The research question for this study are:
1. What is the application of multimedia and technology that been used in art subject
as the teaching tools and how it been operate?
2. What is the level of capability of the new age students in adapting and dealing
with the multimedia and technology application in art learning?
3. Is the multimedia and technology usage in art teaching for new age improve the
curriculum unit?
4. What is the method that the teacher used to evaluate the new age student
performance regarding to the usage of multimedia and technology in art teaching.
5. How the multimedia and technology usage in art teaching influence the new age
students in their emotion, interest, and perception.
