The effect of metaverse technology on multicultural learning: Strengthening the social attitudes, cultural awareness and critical thinking skills of secondary school students
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2025-01-23
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The effect of metaverse technology on multicultural learning: Strengthening the social attitudes, cultural awareness and critical thinking skills of secondary school students
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Thepurposeofthisstudyistoinvestigatetheeffectofmetaversetechnologyonmulticulturallearningtostrengthenthesocialattitudes,culturalawarenessandcriticalthinkingskillsofsecondaryschoolstudents.Methodology:Aquasi-experimentalresearchmethodwasusedinthisstudytoequallydivide80secondaryschoolstudentsintheDusitdistrict,undertheOfficeoftheBasicEducationCommission,Bangkok,Thailandintoanexperimentalgroupandacontrolgroup.Theexperimentofthemetaverseonmulticulturallearninginaneightweekteachingperiodcomprisedfourcomponents:virtualculturalexploration,role-playing,discussionsandreflections,andcollaborativeprojects.Theresultsshowedasignificantdifferenceintheaverageoutcomesbetweenthegroups.Inconclusion,themajorfindingsincludethreedimensions:1)Studentswholearnthroughmetaversetechnologyhaveahigherlearningprogressthanstudentsintraditionalclassrooms.2)Socialattitudesandcriticalthinkingskillsfromutilizingmetaversetechnologyinlearningarebothstatisticallysignificant.3)Theoverallassessmentprovesthatmetaversetechnologyimprovesstudents'learningoutcomes.Therefore,thisstudysupportstheintegrationofmetaversetechnologyintoeducation,especiallyindevelopingthinkingskillsandsocialcompetenceinmulticulturallearning.Themetaversesupportedteachers’instructiontoenhancestudents’social,cultural,andcriticalthinkingskills.
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Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, Vol.12 No.1, pp. 21-30.