Evaluation of Educational Management of Bachelor of Science in Technical Education Program in Mechatronics Engineering (5-year Program, Revised Version 2015) of Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to evaluate educational management of bachelor of Science in Technical Education Program in Mechatronics Engineering (5- year program revised version 2015) of Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, 2) to compare the graduates' actual and expected competencies. The CIPP Model was used in this evaluation consisting of context, input, process and products. The instruments used in the study were three types of questionnaires, i.e. 1) checklist form, 2) rating scale form, and 3) open-ended form. The data were collected from 108 persons who were 6 teachers, 70 students, 24 graduates, and 8 graduate superiors from the Mechatronics Engineering Program. The collected data were analyzed by means of percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The results were as follows: 1) context evaluation, the objective, structure and course description of the curriculum were highly appropriate. 2) Input evaluation found that the teacher, student, classroom, teaching tools, media and material, and classroom activities were at the high level. 3) Process evaluation found that the process of curriculum administration, teaching and learning, and assessment were rated high. 4) Product evaluation based on the curriculum goals and the standard of professional knowledge, the graduates' competency was found at high level. Meanwhile, the comparison of the graduates' actual and expected competencies were different at the significant level of 0.05, in accordance with the research assumption that the expected graduates' competency was higher than the actual competency.