Design of Modern Apprenticeship Teaching Mode for Students Majoring in Electrical Automation Technology
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Background and Aim: Electrical automation has rapidly altered production, energy, and transportation. These areas are growing, requiring skilled electrical automation technicians. The college aims to ensure that its graduates are well-prepared to meet the challenges of the modern workforce. The objectives of this research are 1) to study employers’ practical skills requirements for electrical automation technology graduates and 2) to design a modern apprenticeship teaching (MAT) model for students majoring in electrical automation technology at Guangxi Vocational and Technical College.
Materials and Methods: This study designs a modern apprenticeship teaching model for students majoring in electrical automation technology. The research combines qualitative and quantitative methods. There are 64 enterprises with employment of electrical automation technology in Guangxi Vocational and Technical College. Select 40 random companies as models. Qualitative data from 24 higher vocational teachers, enterprise engineers, human resources supervisors, school teaching managers, and vocational education experts. The process commences by examining the theoretical basis and establishing key concepts, such as modern apprenticeship and teaching models. This is followed by analyzing the data from questionnaires completed by human resources managers in enterprises. The aim is to identify the practical skills in electrical automation technology that are most in demand by these enterprises. The authors solicit specialists from pertinent disciplines to assess this pedagogical model and ascertain its appropriateness for implementation among students at Guangxi Vocational and Technical College.
Results: Research has shown that the modern apprenticeship teaching model for students majoring in electrical automation technology is an innovation that has been evaluated by experts. This study provides a theoretical and practical basis for developing and using modern apprenticeship systems in similar schools in Guangxi Province.
Conclusion: Capability requirements that employers expect from electrical automation technology graduates are. 9 aspects as follows; 1. identify and detect commonly used electronic components, 2. read and draw various types of Electrical principles and circuit diagrams, 3. use instruments and meters, 4. skilled in the use of electrical tools, 5. design and analyze low-voltage circuits, 6. install and debug the PLC control system, 7. troubleshoot PLC control system faults, 8. install and debug low-voltage circuits, and 9. Recognize and draw mechanical composition. The study provides a three-module teaching model the basic module, the improvement module, and the comprehensive module for students majoring in electrical automation technology.
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