Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to understand the university students’ educational needs for the competencies required for the project based learning in order to provide implications for the teaching strategy. Methods To this end, a project performance competency test was administered to 120 university students in the metropolitan area. The Importance, performance, Borich index, and IPA matrix analysis were performed on the 49 items of the five competencies: creative problem solving, inquiry/research and analysis, project management, collaboration, presentation and report writing. Results The results were as follows. It was found that the performance of all items was lower than their importance. A total of 11 items were classified as ‘Concentrate here’ area, with high importance but low performance. These included 2 items in creative problem-solving competencies, 2 items in inquiry/research and analysis competencies, 1 item in project management competencies, and 6 items in presentation and report writing competencies which showed the highest number among the competencies. There was no item of ‘Concentrate here’ area in the collaboration competencies. 11 items were ranked within the 1st to 14th positions based on the educational needs according to the Borich index. 3 items of the top rankings were excluded from ‘Concentrate here’ area, 2 items falling into the ‘low-priority’ area and 1 item into the ‘Keep up the good work’ area. Conclusions Based on the results, pedagogical implications were derived for designing and implementing project based learning for university students, focusing on field handling ability, innovation, thinking skills, crisis management and leadership.

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