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RESEARCH PAPER
New Vocational School Students’ Basic ICT Skills Self-Assessment
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University of Eastern Finland, FINLAND
Publication date: 2021-08-28
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(11):em2022
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
This article addresses 824 Finnish vocational upper secondary level students’ self-assessments
related to their basic ICT skills and their views regarding the importance of ICT skills for their future
career. A questionnaire was distributed to students representing seven vocational fields who were
starting their studies leading to a vocational upper secondary qualification. The results show that
in many claims students in the field of Information and Communication Technologies assess their
skills as significantly higher than other students, while students focusing on Health and Welfare
rated their personal skills as significantly lower. The results also show that students in the field of
Information and Communication Technologies and Humanities and Arts clearly believe that they
will need IT skills in their future careers. Compared to others, students in Technology and Service
Industries were significantly less likely to think so. This study contributes to research concerning
vocational students’ ICT competence and will help in developing online courses requiring
knowledge of the differences in the need for guidance experienced by students from different
vocational fields.
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