The Establishment of Work Integrated Learning System of the Twelfth Grade Students

Abstract

This research aims to (1)  survey the students’ competencies and characteristics that workplace needs from students who completed the twelfth grade in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, (2) create work integrated learning system for the twelfth grade students whose schools were affiliated with Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organization and, (3) compare the students’ concerns about image, attitude and motivation in regarding to career and vocational education of the  twelfth grade students whose schools were affiliated with Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organization before and after their learning while they gained work integrated learning plan. The samples consisted of 4,255 twelfth grade students in the academic year 2559 ad 389 industrial and commercial workplaces in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. This study was divided into 4 stages; Stage 1 Studying the detail of primary educational curriculum. Stage 2 Creating work integrated learning system. Stage 3 Trying out the learning system in 3 pilot schools, 11 students of each school, with a total of 33 students in cooperation with 7 factories in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Stage 4 Evaluating and improving learning system. The research equipment consisted of the survey of students’ competencies and characteristics of workplace needs from students who completed the twelfth grade in Nakhon Ratchasima areas, the assessment form for students’ satisfaction in teaching and learning system, the competency and characteristic tests for students and the assessment form for students’ image, attitude and motivation in regarding to career and vocational education of the twelfth grade students.  The comparison between the mean scores before and after their learning was made by t-dependent test as the sample group depended on each other. The research employed One Group Pre-test and Post-test Design

  Results revealed that:

1. The survey outcomes indicated that students’ competencies and characteristics that workplace needs from students who completed the twelfth grade in Nakhon Ratchasima Province were: good communication, ability in negotiation for solving problem and reducing conflict in organization, good habits in communication regarding thinking, knowledge, understanding, feeling and attitude in order to transform information and experience to benefit for self-development and society with honesty and work discipline.
2. The work integrated learning system of the twelfth grade students was divided into 3 parts (1) before learning: school should prepare curriculum, instructor, learner and environment for learning in working context. (2) During learning: Students should work and learn under the real world situation. They must be able to apply knowledge from classroom to the real world practices with problem solving and define their work achievement. The school and the workplace should be cooperated for monitoring and following up the students’ progress. (3) After learning: the students’ competency and characteristics must be assessed. The school and the workplace should control, follow up, evaluate students and improve quality continuously. Work integrated learning program is able to arrange with learning Unit 3 : career experience in learning content: occupation and technology, 28 learning hours. Job Shadowing was selected for students who were visitors or guests to learn the experience from hosts or idols who were successful in their career or role models of each workplace and had studied in vocational education level.
3. According to the comparison between before and after learning of student image, attitude and motivation concerning career and vocational education attention of the twelfth grade students whose schools were affiliated with Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organization who gained work integrated learning plan, the findings revealed that students had competencies, characteristics and attentions in high and highest levels after learning at the .01 significant level.