DEVELOPING THE ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL TEACHING OF JIANGXI VOCATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, CHINA

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to investigate the problems and needs of academic administration practical teaching of computer science and technology; 2) to construct academic administration guidelines for practical teaching of computer science and technology. For the investigation of problems and needs, the population were divided into 2 groups, namely: 1) 3,000 students, 2) 40 teachers. The sample groups for the investigation of problems and needs were divided into 2 groups, namely: 1) 353 students, 2) 36 teachers. Moreover, the 3 specialists were used for the focus group discussion meeting. The research instruments employed in this study were questionnaires and a set of questions for the focus group discussion meetings. The information and data collected were analyzed through the content analysis method and presented in terms of frequency count, mean value, standard deviation. The Likert’s rating scales were used to rate the degree or level of problems and needs. All the set of questionnaires were evaluated by the 3 specialists and possessed the IOC values from 0.67 to 1.00. The finding indicates that: the most students' evaluation of the problems in the practical teaching of computer science and technology were at a "high" level Similarly, most teachers' evaluation of the problems in the practical teaching of computer science and technology were at a "high" level. According to the research results, the guidelines of practical teaching of computer science and technology are formulated, which mainly includes five parts; namely: 1) the guidelines to teach students according to improve student’s attitude; 2) the guidelines for practical learning management; 3) the guidelines for designing a curriculum suitable for practical teaching of computer science; 4) the guidelines for learning environment management to reduce the student's pressured in practical teaching; 5) the guidelines for effective ways to give feedback to students.