The Development of Needs Assessment for Developing Electric Vehicles Technology Instruction in Higher Education According to Enterprise Demands

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate the current state of electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands; 2) to evaluate the needs assessment and needs priority for developing electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands; and 3) to explore the guidelines for developing electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands. The research methodology was mixed-method. The sampling was dived into two groups. The first group were 11 managers, and selected by snowball sampling method, The second group were 53 trainers and technicians from the Department of Training and the Department of Dealer Networking, and selected by purposive sampling method. The research instrumentation was a questionnaire and open-ended interview form within focus group discussion. The quantitative data were analyzed by mean and standard deviation. The qualitative data was content analysis. The research results revealed that 1) the current state of electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands were at low level, and the needs assessment of electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands were at high level; 2) the enterprise consensuses were developing needs assessment and needs priority for developing electric vehicles instruction in higher education; and 3) the guidelines for developing electric vehicles instruction in higher education according to enterprise demands were discussed.