Research on the Implementation Status and Learning Satisfaction of Off-campus Internship Courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Technology

Abstract

This study explores 38 students of mechanical engineering at the University of Technology. The experiment group and the control group are used to compare the differences in the satisfaction of students with and without the intervention of topic-oriented teaching materials, and to understand the situation of learning satisfaction after the training with external students. This study uses a questionnaire distribution method for analysis and research. The content of the questionnaire is divided into two parts: student background attribute data and student learning satisfaction. The analysis is based on descriptive statistics and t test correlation. The results show that there are significant differences between interventional teaching materials and student learning satisfaction. The value of “Course Teaching” is 4.965 p <.001; the value of “Internship Environment” is 2.183 p <.05, and the value of “Internship Tutoring” is 4.423 p <.001. The study found that the learning level of “Course Teaching”, “Internship Environment” and “Internship Tutoring” has improved significantly. Before the internship, students conducted project-based off-campus internship teaching material teaching, so that students have a certain cognition for the enterprise during the internship. Preparing knowledge and standards can also improve self-study performance. Finally, on the basis of the research results, this study puts forward related suggestions, project-based and future research for improving undergraduate internships. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Mechanical engineering Learning satisfaction Off-campus internship Project-based off-campus teaching materials

Index Keywords

Teaching Engineering education Students Student learning Teaching materials Learning satisfactions Descriptive statistics Surveys Course teachings Research results External students Internship course

Author Affiliations

Graduate Institute of Technological and Vocational Education, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Department of Business Administration, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Changhua, Taiwan

Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Makung, Penghu, Taiwan

Funding & Acknowledgements

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, MOST

Grant: 108-2511-H-018-014

Acknowledgements. I am grateful to the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, for its support and funding for this research; Project Number (MOST 108-2511-H-018-014).

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Research on the Implementation Status and Learning Satisfaction of Off-campus Internship Courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Technology

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