The establishment and evaluation of graduates competence in the programme of bachelor of science in industrial education (mechanical engineering)

Abstract

The research objectives were to establish and evaluate the graduates competence in the programme of bachelor of science in industrial education (mechanical engineering) of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. The research tools were functional map by 12 specialists. Data inspection of quality by finding specialists ‘s index of consistency (IOC). The data was analyzed by statistic as percentage and F-test. Population groups were 55 students of the fifth year. The research results were as following 1) The establishment of the graduates competence consisted of 1 key purpose, 2 key roles, 6 key functions, 25 units of competence and 423 elements of competence. 2) The evaluation of the graduates competence by using theory test as following : The units of competence of applied teaching were score average 63.12%, basic mechanic and applied mechanic were score average 63.99%, automotive technology were score average 63.07%. As the result of F-test, that the testers of 3 units of competence were difference at significance level 0.05.