Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness of the necessity and importance of liberal arts education and to examine the satisfaction of college students with their liberal arts courses. This study was conducted from June 1–15, 2018, for college students who are taking liberal arts courses. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 24.0 statistical package programs. To understand the general characteristics of the survey subjects, a frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and reliability analysis were performed to measure the reliability and validity of the measurement tools, and a structural model analysis was conducted to verify the proposed research model. The result shows that a professor’s professionalism has a positive influence on the perception of a subject’s importance and necessity after the course, diversity has a positive influence on satisfaction in liberal arts education. Favorable changes in the perception of importance and necessity have a positive effect on satisfaction level. Our findings imply that colleges should operate an integrated student-selective education course that allows all students to select and take liberal arts courses. It should be organized to secure full-time professors who will be exclusively responsible for liberal arts curriculums.
Highlights
Amid the digital information revolution of the 21st century, general and character education, which have previously been neglected by 20th century college education’s focus on cultivating professional intellectuals, have become the center of changing demand
In the exploratory factor analysis, a principal component analysis was used for the extraction of factors, and varimax rotation was applied for the rotation method
The second factor is called diversity because it explains the type of liberal arts education and the diversity of operations
Summary
Amid the digital information revolution of the 21st century, general and character education, which have previously been neglected by 20th century college education’s focus on cultivating professional intellectuals, have become the center of changing demand. According to the Ministry of Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor announced a joint venture of South Korea government in August in 2018 in order to cultivate customized fusion talent for the creative industry. It proposed to conduct a liberal arts-based convergence education so that the humanities’ imagination can be projected into science and technology. This university is the reason that the importance of basic general education is emphasized as well as character education and citizenship education through liberal art education in the humanities
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