The Relationship between Core Competence and Self-Efficacy for Qualitative Improvement of Industrial Technology Training

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate what factors should be considered first for the development of core competencies required in businesses and measure the satisfaction and self-efficacy of learners through project-participating classes, from their view. This study measured reliability and conducted a validity analysis, based on the core competencies proposed by the OECD’s DeSeCo project and the questionnaire items developed by the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI). The primary objectives of this study are to help students understand their subjects via project-participating classes improve their participation through an analysis of on-site practical cases and quickly adapt to their jobs in vocational training fields. For those purposes, a questionnaire survey was conducted from September 2011 until December of the same year. The project-participating classes which made use of knowledge in major fields of study to undergraduate senior students (n = 171) who signed contracts with industrial cooperative organizations (for the year of 2011). This study included a limited number of participants, and this small same size makes it difficult to generalize its findings.