Harnessing Metaverse-Driven Project-Based Learning in TVET: Elevating Higher-Order Thinking Skills for the Future Workforce
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https://doi.org/10.56294/mw2025829Keywords:
Metaverse, Project-Based Learning, TVET, Higher-Order Thinking Skills, Future WorkforceAbstract
The fast evolution of the immersive digital technologies has changed education and brought about new possibilities of interactive and experiential learning. One of those innovations is the Metaverse, which can be used to provide an experience of real-life virtual environments that can improve engagement and collaboration, although its pedagogical applications in vocational education are less explored. Addressing the demand of graduates with the advanced skills of analytical, creative and problem-solving, this research paper explores how the Metaverse-based Project-Based Learning (PjBL) can enhance Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in students of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Quasi experimental design was used with pre-test and post-test control groups to compare the results of Metaverse-integrated and traditional PjBL. The learning gains in the students were measured by collecting data using a HOTS assessment test and analyzing them using both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Findings show that the students in the Metaverse group made significantly better improvement in HOTS especially in analysing, evaluating and creating dimensions than the students in the control group. These results prove that PjBL with the implementation of the Metaverse contributes to better intellectual results among students and greater involvement in the educational process.Regardless of the difficulties concerning the infrastructure and instructor preparation, the research finds that Metaverse-powered PjBL is a powerful instructional framework to develop 21 st -century skills in the TVET education.
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