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The Relationship of Engineering Education Accreditation Program, Gender, and Academic Year with Attitude towards Convergence among Engineering Students: Application of Latent Class Analysis

공과대학 학생들의 융합에 대한 태도와 공학교육인증, 성별, 학년과의 관련성 -잠재집단분석의 적용-

  • Received : 2017.01.23
  • Accepted : 2017.02.24
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate engineering students' attitude toward convergence and relevance with engineering education accreditation, gender, and academic year and attitude toward convergence. To be specific, fist, we examined whether the instrument for measuring attitudes toward convergence were reliable and valid for engineering students. Second, we compared levels of attitudes toward convergence in terms of engineering education accreditation, gender and academic year. Third, latent classes, which were distinguished in terms of attitudes toward convergence, were identified. Participants were 2076 engineering students. By using factor analysis and Rasch analysis, validity and reliability of instrument measuring attitudes toward convergence were confirmed. The differences in attitude toward convergence in terms of engineering education accreditation experience, gender, and academic year were examined by independent t-test and ANOVA. There were significant differences in attitude towards convergence in terms of engineering education accreditation, gender, and academic year. Students who experience engineering education accreditation program and male and high academic year have higher levels of attitude toward convergence than others. Lastly latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify subgroups underlying engineering students in terms of attitude toward convergence and five latent classes were identified. In addition, the chi-square results showed that there were significant relationships between identified latent classes and engineering education accreditation, gender, and academic year. Based on these results, engineering education considering students' characteristics and diversity in attitude toward convergence were discussed.

이 연구는 국내 공학전공대학생들의 융합에 대한 태도를 조사하고, 공학교육인증제 프로그램 이수, 성별, 학년 변수와의 관련성을 알아보고자 이루어졌다. 구체적인 연구 목적은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 융합에 대한 태도 검사도구가 공학전공대학생들에게 신뢰롭고 타당하게 적용되는지 확인하였다. 둘째, 공학교육인증제 프로그램 이수, 성별, 학년에 따른 융합에 대한 태도의 차이가 있는지 확인하였다. 셋째, 학습자중심 접근을 바탕으로 공과대학생들의 융합에 대한 태도에 따라 분류되는 잠재집단을 탐색하였으며, 규명된 각 잠재집단과 변수간의 관계를 확인하였다. 이 연구에서는 2076명의 공과대학생들이 참여하였다. 융합에 대한 태도 검사도구의 타당성 및 신뢰성은 요인분석, 내적 일관성 신뢰도, 라쉬분석을 활용하여 확인하였으며, 분석결과 공과대학학생들에게 적용한 융합에 대한 태도 검사도구가 신뢰성과 타당함을 확인되었다. 또한 공학교육인증제 프로그램 이수, 성별, 학년에 따른 융합에 대한 태도의 차이를 확인하기 위하여 독립표본 t-검정, 분산분석을 사용하였다. 융합에 대한 태도는 공학교육인증제 프로그램, 성별, 학년에 따른 유의미한 차이가 나타났는데, 공학교육인증제 프로그램을 선택하고, 남학생이며 학년이 높을수록 융합에 대한 태도가 높게 나타났다. 마지막으로 융합에 대한 태도에 따라 구별되는 잠재집단을 탐색하기 위해 잠재집단분석(Latent class analysis)을 수행한 결과, 다섯 가지의 잠재집단이 규명되었다. 또한 규명된 잠재집단과 공학교육인증 프로그램 선택여부와 성별, 학년과의 관계를 파악하기 위해 카이제곱검정을 수행한 결과 세 변수는 모두 잠재집단 분포와 유의미한 관계가 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 학습자의 특성과 다양성을 고려한 공과대학 융합 교육에 대하여 논의하였다.

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