The Opinions of Undergraduate Students Toward the Instructional Management of Mechanical Technology Education Program at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to study and compare the opinions of undergraduate students towardthe instructional management of the Department of Mechanical Technology Education, Faculty ofIndustrial Education and Technology at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. Theparticipants were 137 undergraduate students of Mechanical Technology Education Program in semester 2and academic year, 2007. They were selected by accidental sampling method. The research instrument wasa questionnaire which was divided into 3 parts by designing on Likert's Rating Scales. Data was analyzedby percentage, arithmetic means, standard deviation, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); the differentof opinion between various groups were tested by least- significant difference method (LSD). Moreover,the qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis.

The study results were as follows:

1. As a whole, the undergraduate students' opinion toward the instructional management ofMechanical Technology Education Program was at a high level. The arithmetic means were also at a highlevel on each aspects, such as 1) the academic lecturer, 2) the academic program, and 3) the accommodationresources.

2. As a whole, there was no significant difference at .05 level upon the undergraduate students'opinion toward the instructional management, who were indicated to different academic years.

Keywords : Learning Reform / Instructional System Development / Industrial Education /Learning Outcomes