Abstract
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 embraces ambitious proposals for educational reform. It includes the preparation of a modern curriculum focused on rigorous standards which will be aligned with a range of educational outcomes. Saudi higher education has laid the groundwork for developing and improving educational aspects in relation to students and lecturers and has adopted all-new approaches to education. Accordingly, this study aims to explore the perceptions of Saudi lecturers towards learning approach.
The objective of this paper is to classify Saudi lecturers’ perceptions of the advantages, challenges and future of AL. Therefore, the vital factors that affect the lecturers’ views are discussed. Qualitative methods were used to gain rich descriptive data to facilitate the exploration of the phenomena. Three universities have been selected to be investigated in this study, namely: Umm Al-Qura University, Kind Saud University and Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University.
The results of this paper revealed a distinct pattern in the adoption and use of AL in the participating universities, although the processes of implementation varied from one university to the next. A particular emphasis of this project was that AL offered heightened learning experiences and improved students’ understanding of their courses.
Keywords
- Active Learning
- Cooperative learning
- Problem-solving
- Saudi Arabia