Use of YouTube Videos as a New Technology in Teaching and Learning Malaysian Nationhood Study

Abstract

Malaysian Nationhood is a core subject in public universities offered to undergraduate students and is a compulsory subject to pass. The main learning outcome of this subject is to produce a young generation with a spirit of patriotism. The content in Malaysian Nationhood is compiled to discuss the concepts of the nation-state, history of the country, and government of Malaysia so that students have a feeling of love for the homeland. However, it is fairly difficult to know the students' appreciation of patriotism in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, this study highlights an unconventional alternative method by using videos from YouTube to help increase students’ appreciation of patriotism. The objective of this study is to identify learning and teaching methods using YouTube videos, study their effects, and recommend YouTube videos to facilitate the teaching and learning of Malaysian Nationhood. This study applies the Action Research approach with three Cycles. Cycle 1 - self-observation of conventional methods and reflection, Cycle 2 - using YouTube videos (black and white and long duration) and reflection, and Cycle 3 - continuing the use of YouTube videos (short and in colour). The analysis of the study is based on the rubric of patriotism and descriptive narration in assessing students’ reflection. This study found that students are more inclined to use YouTube videos as a teaching and learning method in helping them to increase their appreciation of patriotism compared to the conventional method alone. An additional finding was that the YouTube videos must be shorter in time, fewer than five minutes, and in colour so that students could focus better.