Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates
The goal of this study was to identify perceptions of the importance and needs of the essential job competencies required by Korean science and engineering graduates in the context of actual workplaces. We analyzed data from the 11th Youth Panel using the paired t-test, the Borich needs assessment,...
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| description | The goal of this study was to identify perceptions of the importance and needs of the essential job competencies required by Korean science and engineering graduates in the context of actual workplaces. We analyzed data from the 11th Youth Panel using the paired t-test, the Borich needs assessment, and the locus for focus model. An important finding was that the science and engineering graduates recognized the competencies pertaining to working with others and professional competencies as important among 15 essential competencies. We also found that they prioritized competencies differently depending on specific departments: the science graduates prioritized professional competencies, but the engineering graduates placed relatively greater importance on the competencies relating to interacting with others. Through this study, we identified the educational needs for essential job competencies from the science and engineering graduates and suggested implications for corresponding educational approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91feb4d354934b298842aff6448b85842022-12-22T02:17:54ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022020-03-011048510.3390/educsci10040085educsci10040085Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering GraduatesJungyon Lim0Jiyoung Yoon1Misun Kim2Vocational Education and Training Institution, Korea Polytechnics, Incheon 21417, KoreaInstitute for Innovative Higher Education, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul 01811, KoreaSchool of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80265, USAThe goal of this study was to identify perceptions of the importance and needs of the essential job competencies required by Korean science and engineering graduates in the context of actual workplaces. We analyzed data from the 11th Youth Panel using the paired t-test, the Borich needs assessment, and the locus for focus model. An important finding was that the science and engineering graduates recognized the competencies pertaining to working with others and professional competencies as important among 15 essential competencies. We also found that they prioritized competencies differently depending on specific departments: the science graduates prioritized professional competencies, but the engineering graduates placed relatively greater importance on the competencies relating to interacting with others. Through this study, we identified the educational needs for essential job competencies from the science and engineering graduates and suggested implications for corresponding educational approaches.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/10/4/85essential job competencyengineering graduateseducational needs analysisborich needs assessment |
| spellingShingle | Jungyon Lim Jiyoung Yoon Misun Kim Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates Education Sciences essential job competency engineering graduates educational needs analysis borich needs assessment |
| title | Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates |
| title_full | Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates |
| title_short | Analysis of the Educational Needs Related to, and Perceptions of the Importance of, Essential Job Competencies among Science and Engineering Graduates |
| title_sort | analysis of the educational needs related to and perceptions of the importance of essential job competencies among science and engineering graduates |
| topic | essential job competency engineering graduates educational needs analysis borich needs assessment |
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