Journals / Yükseköğretim Dergisi / 2021 / Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 2
A Study on Civil Aviation Students’ Evaluation of their Internship Experiences
- Journal
- Yükseköğretim Dergisi
- Pages
- 331–343
- DOI
- —
Abstract
Civil aviation is considered as a dynamic and continuously developing sector that requires highly qualified personnel due to its nature. It is critical for the students studying in this field to receive hands-on training as well as theoret- ical training in universities. Internship is one of the most important tools to meet this need for practical training and to increase the sectoral knowledge and experience of civil aviation students. In this respect, it plays a critical role both in terms of sector representatives’ assessment of their potential employ- ees and students’ assessment of their future professional field of work. The aim of this study is to evaluate the internship experiences of the students studying in the aviation field, by focusing on the headings of “personal eval- uation, internship experience, working environment, and relationship with university”. The research was conducted on site at the higher education institutions offering civil aviation education in Turkey by administering a questionnaire to a total of 229 students studying in 5 different aviation departments at 19 universities, and the research hypotheses were tested in this way. A positive and significant correlation was found for 4 of the 5 hypotheses proposed in the study. Overall, the internship satisfaction level of the trainee students who participated in the research was found to be high; however, some key factors were identified to be worthy of consideration to improve the internship experience.
Özet
Sivil havac›l›k alan› do¤as› gere¤i yüksek düzeyde nitelikli personele ihti- yaç duyan, dinamik ve sürekli geliflen bir sektör olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu alanda e¤itim gören ö¤rencilerin üniversitelerde ald›klar› teorik e¤iti- min yan› s›ra pratik e¤itime yönelik uygulamalar›n olmas› da oldukça önemlidir. Mesleki staj, bu pratik uygulamalara cevap verebilecek ve ö¤- rencilerin sektör ile ilgili bilgi ve tecrübelerini art›racak en önemli süreç- lerden biridir. Bu aç›dan hem sektör temsilcilerinin potansiyel çal›flanlar›- n› de¤erlendirmeleri, hem de ö¤rencilerin gelecek çal›flma alanlar› hakk›n- da de¤erlendirme yapabilmeleri aç›s›ndan kritik bir rol üstlenmektedir. Bu çal›flman›n amac›, havac›l›k alan›nda e¤itim gören ö¤rencilerin mesleki staj deneyimlerini “kiflisel de¤erlendirme, staj deneyimi, çal›flma ortam› ve üni- versite ile iliflki” bafll›klar› alt›nda de¤erlendirmektir. Yöntem olarak Tür- kiye’deki sivil havac›l›k e¤itimi veren yüksekö¤retim kurumlar›nda saha araflt›rmas› yap›larak toplamda 19 üniversite ve 5 farkl› havac›l›k bölümün- den 229 ö¤renci üzerinden anket formu ile veri toplanm›fl ve ilgili hipotez- ler test edilmifltir. Araflt›rmada öne sürülen 5 hipotezin 4’ü için pozitif ve anlaml› bir iliflki ortaya konmufltur. Genel anlamda araflt›rmaya kat›lan stajyer ö¤rencilerin staj memnuniyet düzeylerinin yüksek oldu¤u ortaya konmufl ancak staj deneyimine dair dikkate al›nmas› gereken birtak›m un- surlar oldu¤u da belirtilmifltir.