The Study of Desirable Graduate Knowledge in the Perspective of Instructors of Vocational Education Institutions

Abstract

Thailand is currently developing Thailand 4.0. Vocational education workers are one of the important human resource in this development.The industrial instructor supports the production of the vocational education worker. The objective of this research is to assess the desirable graduate knowledge of the curriculum structure of the Bachelor of Science in Technical Education, Program in Civil Technical Education (Revised Curriculum, Year 2019) from the perspective of instructors of vocational education institutions. The research methodology was based on the theory of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results were reported in the form of the priority value and weight value of variables in curriculum structure. The analysis of results revealed that the major requirement of instructors in the desirable graduate knowledge was the Major Courses. The Major Core Courses, which were the engineering courses, had the priority value more than the education courses. However, the graduates should have the knowledge in all fields of the curriculum.

Keywords

• curriculum structure
• analytic hierarchy process
• priority
• weight value