Assessing the Attainment of 21st Century Basic Skills by Engineering Students of Tabriz University

Mahmoodi, Firooz; Mola, Somaye

doi:10.22047/ijee.2016.14757

Assessing the Attainment of 21st Century Basic Skills by Engineering Students of Tabriz University

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Firooz Mahmoodi ¹

Somaye Mola ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

² PhD. Student, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2016.14757

Abstract

One of the key issues in assessing of curricula quality is attention to required skills. This study aimed to assess the achievement of 21th -century basic skills in senior undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students of Tabriz University. The method of study was descriptive research. 414 engineering students of bachelor's and master's degree were selected by randomly. A researcher made questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of instrument based on experts opinion and reliability through Cronbach's (alpha) coefficient (0.92) was approved. The results showed that the affective domain of bachelor's and master's curricula were above the predetermined average, but undergraduate curricula in the domains of cognitive and socio-cultural skills are lower than average and failed to fulfill goals addressed by 21 century, The curriculum of postgraduate (master's degree) in the domains of cognitive and socio-cultural skills are somewhat higher than average and were relatively favorable. One interesting finding was that in both curricula the ability to share knowledge was below the average and the sharing knowledge was not focused in teaching and learning process.

Keywords

University curriculum

21st century skills

domains of cognitive skills

social and cultural areas

domain of attitude