A Cooperative Education Learning Framework to Develop Undergraduate Students' Work Competencies

Abstract

This work was supported in part by the ETHICS-FED Projet www.camt.cmu.ac.th/ethicsfed/ (This project is funded by The European Commission Thailand-EC Cooperation Facility, Reference: EuropeAid/126-031/L/ACT/TH)This paper proposes a Cooperative Education Learning Framework for developing the necessary competencies of undergraduate student before entering a workplace. The framework structure is incorporated with the Personal and Professional Project (PPP) of the Institut Universitaire de Technologie Lumière. It is also formulated with the competencies gap analysis that is integrated with David Garvin's “Learning in Action” theory. This allows students to have an opportunity to think, analyze, and plan for reflection in the future; otherwise known as After Action Review (AAR). Although the learning framework can be implemented there needs to be some minor adjustments. These adjustments include the learning activities and processes, competencies requirements, and an apprenticeship rhythm and method