Quality Assurance for the engineering paraprofessional in Thailand
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Author list: Jitgarun K., Kiattikomol P., Tongsakul A.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2009
Start page: 107
End page: 119
Number of pages: 13
ISBN: 9781441905543
ISSN: 0146-9428
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on Quality Assurance in a context of industrial education and engineering paraprofessionals in Thailand. Presently, there are no defined Quality Assurance standards or competencies for these individuals in Thailand. In this chapter, we review the development of quality standards for vocational education in this country. We then review four different perspectives on Quality Assurance and competencies for engineering education. We discuss these in relation to the engineering paraprofessional in Thailand. We conclude with some suggestions for future directions for the development of competencies for engineering paraprofessionals in Thailand and developing countries. We suggest that these competencies must embrace lifelong and flexible learning but also that there must be an emphasis on soft skills related to attitudes and ethics. Distance education will also play an important role in Quality Assurance for the engineering paraprofessional. ฉ 2009 Springer-Verlag US.
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