Evaluation of employment skills training required for labor market in undergraduate curricula of accounting, civil engineering and food industries majors

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

حسین مومنی مهموئی ¹ , مرتضی کرمی ² , علی مشهدی ³

1 - 1گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد تربت حیدریه، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تربت حیدریه، ایران
2 - 2استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه فردوسی، مشهد، ایران
3 - 3استادیار گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه فردوسی، مشهد، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2012-09-22

Keywords: Labor market, Employment skills, Food industries, Accounting, Civil engineering,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study, was "Evaluation of employment skills training required for labor market in undergraduate curricula of accounting, civil engineering and food industries majors ". The research method was survey. The population was the faculty members, teachers and students of the last semester of undergraduate accounting, civil engineering and food industries majors of Islamic Azad University of Torbat heydariyeh. The total statistical population were studied. The number of students in the accounting major was 63, in civil engineering was 78 and in food industries was 35. The number of masters of accounting was 12, civil engineering was 35 and food industries was 8. The total population of students in the three groups were 178 and the total of the masters in the three groups were 55. The Researcher made questionnaire was used for data collection, descriptive statistics to describe the data and one sample t-test for statistical analysis. The Opinions of experts were used to assess its validity. The reliability of 0.83 was estimated by using Cronbach's alpha. The results indicated that the accounting students (except IT, self-management and learning) and the masters believed that the employment skills are not taugh in the curriculum of this course. The results showed that the civil engineering students (except for planning, self-management and learning) believed that employment skills are taught. Civil engineering masters also believed that employment skills (except for problem solving, planning and self-management) are taught in the curriculum of this course.. The results also indicated that the students of food industries believed that the employment skills (other than planning, communication, information technology and learning) are taught, and the masters also Believed that only the teamwork beare taught.