THE PRIORITY NEEDS OF ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT OF MERCHANT SHIP DECK OFFICER PROGRAM BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MARKET COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

The Purpose of this researchwas to study the priority needs of academic management of merchant ship deck officer program based on the concept of international labour market competency requirements. The Sample groups used in this research were 4 merchant ship deck officer program institutes by purposive sampling. A total of 189 providers including dean of faculty, college director, head of program committee, head of academic, teachers and students deck officer. The instrument used in this study was a 5-level rating scaled questionnaire. The data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation and PNI modified. The findings indicate that: over all, the priority needs of academic management in merchant ship desk officer program based on the concept of international labour market competency requirements, the highest priority needs index was the authentic assessmentfollowed by curriculum specifications and learning management. While considering each aspect, 1) Curriculum specifications found that the highest index was to set learning standard to encourage learners to be able to monitor the loading, stowage, securing and unloading cargoes and their care during the voyage 2) learning management found that the highest index was to prepare lesson plan and organize learning activities that encourage learners to be able to use the IMO standard marine communication phases and use English in written and oral form 3) authentic assessment found that the highest index was to formulate policy and develop authentic assessment tools for learners to be able to monitor the loading, stowage, securing and unloading cargoes and their care during the voyage