Assessment of occupational trainning programme for the police force in anadolu university open education faculty

ABSTRACTASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL TRAINNING PROGRAMME FOR THEPOLICE FORCE IN ANADOLU UNIVERSITY OPEN EDUCATION FACULTYMurat brahim YAVUZDivision of Distance EducationAnadolu University Institute of Social Sciences May 2007Advisor: Associate Prof. Dr. Aydın Ziya ÖZGÜRWe are going through an era of technological developments of which information is theprimary element. Environmental factors that are constantly developing in a systematic way haveboosted the need for qualified human resources.It has been becoming obligatory that members of the Security Organization must be trainedusing a rapid and effective training method so that they can cope with changing factors such ascrime and criminals in terms of improving quality of service and responding to needs of thesociety. Distance learning has proved to be a way of solution in training staff that is specialized inspecific areas, knowledgeable about the legislation, capable of following and using technology,and creating media where changes can be rapidly expanded across staff and applied. Within thisscope, a two-year degree program was launched to be implemented by means of DistanceLearning based on the protocol concluded between the Turkish Security Organization andAnadolu University Open Education Faculty in the Education-Training Year 2003-2004.On this research, the Two-Year Degree Policemen Vocational Training Program wasassessed by those who are still attendees or graduates of the program. It was aimed at finding outthe extent at which students benefit from the service provided and how they perceive the training,thus proposing solutions regarding subjects that are challenging to them. Therefore, it is intendedto propose recommendations that will help the program be more effective and efficient on thebasis of gathered data.These are the main findings of the study: The students think that all of the services, whichhave been given by AOF, are useful and productive with the high rate. Although Students haveconvenient chance of the having and using of technology, they haven?t been taking advantage ofpractises which necesitate using technology as TV programmes or e-portal of AOF. The majorityof the students haven?t been studying by planning. Students have been studying their lessons byreading the units of their books. The majority of the students have been using some helpingsources and the majority of the sources are books. It can be understand by controlling theanswers? analysis of ? preference reasons and aims of the programme?, students have chosen thisprogramme for the aim of being promoted and having better personel affairs owing to theopportunities of registration without an exam and having university degree. Students think thatOcupational Trainning Programme for the Police Force in Anadolu University Open EducationFaculty has reached the target and it has contributed the students to change their goals by gettingthe habits of reading. The majority of the students want that Ocupational Trainning Programmefor the Police Force in Anadolu University Open Education Faculty is programmed at the level oflicence. Students have been having difficulty mostly about foreign language lesson among theother lessons and excepting the solution for their problems.It is expected that students, staff and academicians? perception of the program can beimproved and contribution can be made to arranging of the program content in the light ofgathered data as a consequence of the research.