Determining the Level of Knowledge Domain for the 21st Century among Vocational College Students

Abstract

This study aims to determine the level of Vocational College students on knowledge domain for 21st century. The research design of this study was a survey using questionnaires as research instrument. About 394 students from four vocational colleges were selected by stratified random technique as respondent. They were students from the field of Industrial Machining and Welding Technology. The obtained data were analyzed using mean score, standard deviations, frequency, and percentages. On the other hand, independent t-test and Mann Whitney U test were used to identify the difference in knowledge domain level from the aspect of field of study and gender. The findings shows that all the three knowledge domain for 21st century learning among the students is at moderate level (foundational knowledge, M = 2.819; meta knowledge, M = 2.931; and humanistic knowledge, M = 3.430). The findings also show that there is no significant difference in foundational knowledge domain between Industrial Machining and Welding Technology students. However, there is a significant difference between Industrial Machining and Welding Technology students for meta and humanistic knowledge domain. The findings also shows that there is a significant difference in foundational knowledge domain between male and female students, but there is no significant difference in meta and humanistic knowledge domain. Future study should be focused in identifying factors that influence the level of knowledge domain for 21st century.