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Developing a Computer-Based Vocational Training Environment that Complements the Weak Skills and Career Development of Trainees

Authors:
Norikatsu Fujita
Hiroshi Takeshita
Sho Aoki
Hirotada Fukae
Mahoro Ishihara
Ribun Onodera

Keywords: Vocational training; Theory of multiple intelligences; Assesment tool; Developmental disabilities; Polytechnic science.

Abstract:
The objective of this research is to construct a vocational training environment where “trainees” who need special consideration such as “developmental disorder” and “normal trainees” learn in the same classroom. In this study, we describe a method for developing and evaluating the assessment tool using 33 fundamental skills without any distinction between disabled and normal trainees. The 33 fundamental skills was developed by decomposing 192 problem behaviors which were observed during vocational training by reductionism. In this verification, we developed an assessment tool that set 33 fundamental skills for the representative problem behavior and applied it to 15 trainees. Based on the trial results, we can confirm that (1) skills are frequently detected in the best trainees and that (2) the unevenness of the skills can be detected in the considered trainees. The academic achievement of this study is that it clarifies "the validity of the 33 fundamental skills" and “the relation between the 33 fundamental skills and behaviors.” Further, the vocational training instructors can find support and guidance corresponding to the skill characteristics of each trainee by learning the relation between the 33 fundamental skills and behaviors.

Pages: 279 to 289

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2018. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2018

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ISSN: 1942-2679