THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATOR SUPPORTED EDUCATION ON STUDENTS' LEARNING IN MARITIME EDUCATION
Project no. 1291 · Status: Kapanmış · 2018
Summary
Human resources are the most important element of the maritime industry and the demand for well-trained seafarers is increasing day by day. In order to meet these demands and expectations of the maritime sector, a maritime education and training that can be followed, with an institutional, standardized, international character, has gained great importance. Simulator-supported trainings for maritime students in accordance with the "Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping" (STCW) convention, which was adopted in 1978 and renewed in 1995, issued by the United Nations' International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the training required by seafarers has been made compulsory. Within the scope of this study, it was tried to determine the positive effects of simulatorsupported trainings on students' motivation to participate in the lesson and their success. For this, the Learning Object Evaluation Scale, which consists of three constructs: Perceived learning, usability and participation, and a questionnaire of 30 questions, was used. The effects of simulator-supported education on learning in maritime education were investigated with a 30-question questionnaire delivered to 111 students in total through face-to-face and online forms (Google forms). According to the results of the survey; 89% of the respondents were male and 56% of the respondents came from maritime vocational high schools and 44% from other high schools that do not provide maritime education. According to the answers given to the questions in the perceived learning criterion, the highest average value was the answer I strongly agree with 68%. In the usability criterion, the highest value (excluding the 13th and 16th questions) was I strongly agree (54%). The I strongly agree value in the participation criterion is 74%. In addition, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the answers given by male and female students to questions 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 26 and 30.