International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2024 Volume 12 Issue 11
Available Online: 1 September 2024
Author/s:
Feng, Rongcan
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines
Abstract:
This study utilized a descriptive design aiming to comprehensively describe and analyze the current status of the implementation of innovative teaching strategies, students’ engagement in learning, and the overall performance of academic achievement in Chinese higher vocational colleges and universities. A representative sample of higher vocational institutions from different regions of China with a total of 3,000 students was selected as the study population. A total of 425 respondents were selected coming from institutions in developed regions on the east coast, emerging economic zones in the center, and underdeveloped regions in the west, aiming to cover the diversity and regional characteristics of China’s higher vocational education. This study examined the relationship between innovative teaching strategies, student engagement, and academic achievement. More specifically, the study described the demographic profile of respondents in terms of sex, grade level, and major; determined the respondents’ innovative teaching strategies in terms of innovative teaching content, innovative teaching methods, and innovative teaching evaluation, and integrative dimensions; evaluated participants’ student engagement in terms of behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, and affective engagement; assessed participants’ academic achievement in terms of school cultural capital, classroom culture, and academic performance; tested the difference of responses when grouped according to profile variables ;tested relationship among innovative teaching strategies, student engagement and academic achievement; and proposed a program to improve the teaching innovation capacity of art and design majors in Chinese institutions of higher education. The majority of respondents were undergraduate students with a balanced gender distribution, with slightly more males than females. The majority of the respondents agreed on the importance of innovative teaching strategies, particularly recognizing innovative teaching methods, and claimed that the content, teaching evaluation and integration dimensions also are needed to be innovative. The majority of respondents agreed on the importance of student engagement, particularly in terms of behavioral engagement, but also recognized the role of cognitive and affective engagement. The majority of respondents also agreed with the importance of the school’s cultural capital, classroom culture and academic performance on academic achievement with a favorable attitude. There was no significant difference on innovative teaching strategies after grouping students according to their profiles. There was a positive correlation between innovative teaching strategies, student engagement and academic achievement. A proposed program on enhancing innovative teaching strategies, student engagement, and academic achievement was designed based on the results.
Keywords: innovative teaching strategies, student engagement, academic achievement, Chinese higher vocational colleges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2024.1250
Cite this article:
Feng, R. (2024). Innovative teaching strategies, student engagement, and academic achievement in Chinese higher vocational colleges. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 12(11), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2024.1250