Development and validation of energy technology competency survey for vocational high school student in Taiwan

• Autores: Wen-Jye Shyr, Chi-Feng Feng, Wei-Chin Liu, Po-Wen Liu
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 33, no. Extra 1 (Parte B), 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Current Trends in K-12 Engineering Education), págs. 430-440
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study developed and validated of competency required for the education of energy technology for vocational highschool students in Taiwan. The energy technology competency survey developed through this research is based on aconceptual framework that emphasizes the current definition of the field. Following the conceptual framework, behavioralevent interviews and the Delphi technique were used to ensure consistency in the indicators, while the Kolmogorov-Smirnov one sample goodness of fit test was used to ensure consistency in the opinion of experts. This study identified sixtycompetency indicators covering knowledge, skills and attitudes domains. These competencies were validated by thirtystudents and ten domain experts by a nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. The proposed competency indicators areapplicable to the development of curriculum for industrial vocational high school in Taiwan.