LEARNING STYLES OF CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS IN THE PRE- PANDEMIC AND PANDEMIC PERIOD: A BASIS FOR ADOPTION IN THE NEW NORMAL

The major purpose of this study is to determine the learning styles of criminology students in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods as a basis of adoption in the new normal. This study sought to answer the following problems first, the learning styles of the criminology students in terms of visual, auditory, and kinesthetics. Second, the factors influencing the learning styles of the criminology students. Third, the correlation of the learning styles and factors affecting it, and lastly, the teaching strategies that can be adopted by the criminology instructors based on the prevailing learning styles. This study made use of the quantitative method specifically the descriptive method of research with three hundred fifty-seven (357) respondents. A questionnaire checklist was used to gather the needed data. The data were analyzed and interpreted through the dichotomous scale. These following findings were derived from the evaluation: the findings clearly indicate that criminology preferably practices a visual learning style. Followed, by the kinesthetics and auditory learning styles of the criminology students appear to be the areas of family/home, school, and personal factors, which reveal that personal factors greatly affect the learning styles. Many teaching strategies can be adopted on the VAK learning techniques to provide different learning for criminology students. This study suggests identifying the learnerstypes of learning styles to contribute their lecturers to adjusting the proportion task for them. The teaching should be matched to studentsvisual learning styles as they frequently practice by using technology in presentations, illustrations, and hands-on activities in their major subjects.