Doctoral Dissertation

A Study on College's NCS-based Curriculum that
Integrates Key Competencies
with Job Competencies

Yun, Soo Geun

Department of Education
Graduate School
Kyungsung University

Advisor : Kang, Seong Bin

Abstract

「Ministry of Employment and Labor」 and 「Human Resources Development Service of Korea」(2013) made National Competency Standards(hereinafter ‘NCS’), which systemized contents like knowledge·technology·attainments required for performance of duties on industrial site according to sector·level and standardized capabilities(knowledge, skill, attitudes) needed for successful performance of duties on industrial site at the national level.
Prerequisite for early settlement of NCS-based education·training course is that colleges should restructure, first of all, objectives and contents of education of liberal arts course not for liberal education but for key competencies education. And by groping for operation of connectivity with major fields of study to foster job competency, it can be actively not only used to study majors but also job competencies acquired from major course to be cultivated being integrated with key competencies. And then, NCS-based education·training course can be feed-backed by plan-do-check-action process.
So, this research is set up a purpose to study NCS-based curriculum as the object about 2 or 3 years D-college undergraduate which is integrated key competencies with job competencies. To achieve the purpose of this research I have considered related preceding researches. These are selected as research issues based on considered contents above mentioned ; Research issue 1. What is the component of development process of NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies? Research issue 2. Are college students, professors, industrial officials satisfied with NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies? Research issue 3. Is NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in basic capacity achievement of college students? Research issue 4. Is NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in achievement of majors job competencies to college students?
Objects of study and research tools for this research are different one another according to each subject for inquiry. The objects of study for the Research issue 2. - “Are college students, professors, industrial officials satisfied with NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies?”- are that 2,665 junior class students who had at least 1 of major course of NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies in D-college(overlapped number between curriculum subjects), 137 professors who finish the course(overlapped number between curriculum subjects), and 263 industrial officials of related majors respectively. The research tools used for this research were designed of DPC CTL(2014) individually for the use of students, professors, industrial officials, they were adjusted 3 times by contents validity assessment and conducted by 3 major college students and a statistician.
The objects of study for the Research issue 3. - “Is NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in basic capacity achievement of college students?”- are all of juniors in D-college, and the researches were conducted 3 times(1st, 2nd, 3rd). After researching, we compared each results of evaluating preliminary(1st)·post(2nd) and preliminary(1st)·follow-up(3rd) respectively, the quantity of comparison target between preliminary(1st)·post-(2nd) are 1,402 and that of between preliminary (1st)·follow-up(3rd) are 1,103. The reason of difference is as follows. It is because that those who were absent, resigned and abstained in all of 3 times researches are excluded. Research tools to check abovementioned reasons were questionnaires made and supplied by Human Resources Development Service of Korea(2014).
The objects of study for the Research issue 4. - “NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in achievement of majors job competencies to college students?”- are 41 students who took at least 2 classes of 2014 year’s 1st & 2nd semester’liberal arts course among majors in NCS-developed class, also submitted assessment of job competencies achievement after taking NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies and job competencies. Research tools for this were assessment of personal job competency achievement and assessment of semester job competency achievement composed by DPC CTL(2014) by subjects, which referred to the sample of the assessment for measuring job competency achievement suggested by the Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation of Korea(2015).
Data from this research was analyzed by SPSS WIN 18.0, and t-test, descriptive statistic analysis, cross analysis were conducted by the results of statistics, and assessment of personal job competency achievement was used as it is scaled.
The results of this research are as followed. The result of the Research issue 1. “What is the component of development process of NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies?”is composed of virtuous circulation for job competency achievement based on P(Plan)·D(Doing)·C(Check)·A(Action). Plan step is segmented into 14 steps, Doing step applies to contents based on Plan step, Check step plans complete systems of job competency based on standards of job competency and conducts assessments, Action step clearly presents entire circulating elements(students, graduates, professors, industrial officials) by an illustration.
The results of the research issue 2. - “Are college students, professors, industrial officials satisfied with NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies?”- professors appeared the highest satisfaction in 5 categories(objectives of course, educational environment, contents of course, teaching method, educational achievement assessment) except teaching materials among 6 categories. On the other hand, students appeared the lowest satisfaction in 5 categories except educational achievement assessment.
The results of the Research issue 3. - “NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in basic capacity achievement of college students?”showed enhancement by 6.1% on comparison with the average score on a percentage of value gap between the first and the second, and showed enhancement by 11.8% on comparison with the average score on a percentage of value gap between the first and the third. NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies appeared to be effective in basic capacity achievement of college students.
The results of the Research issue 4. - “Is NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies effective in achievement of majors job competencies to college students?”- In comparison with achievements selected from each subjects of A and B-classes, the average level of job competency of [child care curriculum] - subjects of A-class which was drew from NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competency and job competency - was 3.92 on 5, and all of 28 students were satisfied with over 2.1. The average level of job competency of [pottery baking method Ⅱ] - subjects of B-class which was drew from NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competency and job competency - was 4.03 on 5, and all of 13 students were satisfied with over 2.1. This result is interpreted as NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies is effective in job competency achievement of college students’majors.
The limits of this research are stated below. Targeted only D-college, drew a conclusion about job competency achievement from quantity approach methods, target major was restricted to 41 students of 2 majors. Also proposals to follow-up studies are as follows. First, Based on component of NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies were drawn from process and the result of this research, the plan of generalizing the educational course of colleges should be researched. Second, NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies was effective in many terms of educational achievement but long-term·continuous verifying follow-up research is needed. Third, training program enhancing capacity of professors should be developed because NCS-based curriculum that integrates basic vocational competencies with job competencies ultimately get achievement through professors. Forth, A comprehensible method to students should be researched because the effect of NCS-based training course that integrates basic vocational competencies with job competencies will be appeared from students. Fifth, the method to formalize symposium, seminar or meetings with industrial officials for early settlement of NCS-based curriculum that integrates key competencies with job competencies should be researched.