Contributions of skill competitions to vocational

CONTRIBUTIONS OF SKILL COMPETITIONS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING (M. Sc. Thesis) Mehmet Ali ADAK GAZI UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY February 1999 ABSTRACT In this research, the evaluation of skill competition dimension has been carried out in industrial vocational high schools in Ankara. Ankara industrial vocational high schools related departments which took part in the skill competition is accepted as the research universe. The questionnaire is applied to the instructors who are working in the vocational high schools participated the competition and those students who are awarded in the first stage of the competition. After the analyses of the questionnaire the results are tabulated in a statistical manner. Here is the some findings of skill competition. The students who are trained in private enterprises more successful than others, the half of the students who are awarded the prize in the competition, easily get contact in their profession at industry and the other half preferred to continue the higher education in their field. Skill competition provides great contribution and support to improve the vocational education. Two stage competition instead of four stage is the one drawback of the skill competition. The result relating to the research is discussed and suggestions are made based on research findings. Science Code : 6261201 Key Words : Skill, Competitions, Olympiad, Training. Number of Pages : 138 Adviser : Assistant of Prof. Abdulkadir GÜLLÜ