A study on the assessment of key competencies for automotive engineering technology education in korea
- Autores: Sungjong Park, Gueesoo Cha
- Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 29, no. 5, 2013, págs. 1192-1198
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In order to find out the gaps in key competencies, those of employees in industry and students in college should be analyzed. Keycompetencies of students and technicians in automotive fields are scaled and compared to each other. Furthermore, the differencesbetween two groups are analyzed to check on the gaps. Initial test sheets are reconstructed as an improved one after the priorassessment reflecting the opinion of industry to execute reliable level assessment. The area and level of key competencies are set upby literature analysis and consultation. The average scale of key competencies is assessed by students and technicians respectively.Numeracy, understanding organization, technology skill, problem-solving, inter-personal relation, communication skill, self-management and development, resource management and information application are selected as key competencies in Korea. Threelevels of key competencies are set up. Key competencies of automotive college and industry are compared. Regardless of areas, thegaps between the two are significant shows a kind of discrepancy between industry and college requiring a scheme to fill the gaps.
