AN EVALUATION OF MARINE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PROGRAMME STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES
Journal Title: Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The quality standards of vocational subjects in Higher Education need to be revisited by focusing on different aspects. In this manner, the local studies would provide a detailed analysis to discover the issues in the wider context. While there are many studies focused on the learning styles of prospective teachers and geography students, so far, it has been little known about the Maritime students’ learning styles which is always vital for organising, teaching, and learning activities. In this case, the current study focuses on a programme that includes both camps (“Social Sciences” and ”Natural and Applied Sciences”). This study therefore aims to discover the students’ learning styles in the Marine Transportation Engineering Programmes, utilizing Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, which is the most common tool to portray the pupils’ way to learn. The data collected has been undertaken by the second researcher from two groups of students studying at the Department of Marine Transportation Engineering. The inventory has been conducted through 324 students. The descriptive and inferential statistical techniques (Frequency, Chi-square and One-ANOVA) were employed to analyze the data. The results presented are placing more emphasis on the factors affecting students’ learning styles such as gender, grade and personal intuitive, and living place. In addition to these analyses, the paper presents a comparison of students’ views on their learning experience in the maritime programme and their learning styles. The paper has been finalised by offering a discussion section which might offer some clues to improving the quality of students’ learning experience in Marine Transportation Engineering programmes of Maritime Faculties.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Şeremet, Mustafa Samet Çetin
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