RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES, CRITICAL THINKING AND TEACHING STYLES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF TETOVO Cover Image

RAPORTI MES STILEVE TË TË MËSUARIT, TË MENDUARIT KRITIK DHE STILET E MËSIMDHËNIES NË SHKOLLAT E MESME TË QYTETIT TË TETOVËS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES, CRITICAL THINKING AND TEACHING STYLES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF TETOVO

Author(s): Mergime Tefiki
Subject(s): Pedagogy
Published by: Center for Understanding and Institutional Cooperation (CUIC)
Keywords: learning styles; critical thinking skills; teaching styles; students

Summary/Abstract: The purpose the thesis: “Relationship between learning styles, critcal thinking and teaching styles in secondary school in Tetovo” is to investigate the relationship between learning styles, critical thinking skills and teaching styles in high school in the city of Tetovo, to argue that in the relationship of student-teacher attitude, critical thinking skills, and styles of teaching by teachers, to verify which style of learning is more present in students, which style has the highest correlation with abililty of critical thinking and what is the style that is applied by teachers during the teaching process. The research is conducted in six high schools in the city of Tetovo SH.M.K Gjimnazi “7 Marsi”, “Kiril Pejcinovic”, SH.M.K.M. “ Nikola Shtejn “, SH.M. “8 Shtatori”, SH.M.P.K “Mosha Pijade”, “Gjoce Stojcevski”, “Isa Beu” with 211 students. Instrument that is used: learning style questionnaire- University of California, with 12 items (α = 0.320) and Stella Cotrre questionnaire on ability of critical thinking skills with all 25 questions (α = 0.867). A total of 56 teachers have completed the questionnaire: Staffordshire Teaching Styles Assessment (SETS). Reproduced with the permission of Kay Mohanna, Ruth Chambers, David Wall, with 24 questions showing six teaching styles (α = 0.720). The results confirm that there are no significant differences in learning styles. There are gender differences in favor of female gender in critical thinking skills. Teaching style: the only teacher, who did not pay attention to the student’s progress had a higher average than other teaching styles. The results confirmed differences between success and critical thinking skills.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 195-211
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Albanian