Creative Teaching in Design and Technology Curriculum: Using Structural Equation Modeling

The main purpose of this study was to test the active learning variables as mediators of the appropriate variables between the teaching and guidance of teachers with creative teaching (PK) in Design and Technology (RBT) in secondary schools of peninsular Malaysia. In addition, this study was also conducted to identify the different variables influence exogenous to study endogenous variables based on 2 zones in peninsular Malaysia (North and East). This quantitative study used a survey method, involving a total of 407 teachers who teach RBT from the northern zone (205 people) and the eastern zone (202 people). Data were analyzed using path analysis with Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) software version 20. The findings showed that active learning is an appropriate mediator variable between teaching and mentoring process variables with creative teaching in northern and rural zones. Path analysis structural equation model (SEM) also shows the data used in this study has a reasonable accommodation for the proposed regression model. Thus, proving the independent variable is directly and indirectly with independent variables of the study of creative teaching. Hopefully, this study will provide useful inputs for the improvement of teaching and learning in Design and Technology Curriculum.