THE CURRICULUM EVALUATION ON BACHELOR OF ARTS PROGRAM IN CHINESE (REVISED CURRICULUM, 2012)

Abstract

The Curriculum Evaluation on Bachelor of Arts Program in Chinese aimed to 1) analyze curriculum and quality of curriculum implementation in term of the contexts : the objective, structure, and content of the curriculum, 2) evaluate the input : lecturers, students, and learning support, 3) evaluate the process of the curriculum administration, and 4) evaluate the outcome : quality of the graduated students. The population of the research comprised 10 program lecturers, 100 graduated students of the program in academic year 2014, 160 existing students with normal status, and 60 graduated students’ employers. The5 rating scale questionnaires were used to collect data from the program lecturers, graduated students, students and graduated student’s employers. The study results were as follows : 1. The satisfaction evaluation of employers divided into 6 areas : ethics and morals, knowledge, cognitive skills, interpersonal skills and responsibility, numerical analysis, communication, and Information technology skills (ICT), and professional skills. In overall the statistics of the employers was at the highest level. The outstanding characteristics of the graduates were volunteer, diligent and Chinese skill. However, English skill was considered to be developed. 2. The satisfaction evaluation of the graduated students towards teaching management of the core and selected courses was at the highest level and the opinion towards the general courses was at high level. The development of the courses should be on improving more modernized courses which can be applied to earn their living, having more courses related to the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) and enhancing more English language skills. 3. The satisfaction evaluation of lecturers towards the teaching management of the curriculum was at the highest level. The program should be added more professional courses and the content and the teaching process should be applied to meet the needs of the students. 4. The satisfaction evaluation of students towards the teaching and curriculum implementation was at high level on core courses, selective courses, while the teaching management of the general courses was rated at the highest level.