Title :
A comparative study of student´s attitudes among IT and non-IT students in Information Technology education
Author :
Sathapornvajana, Sunisa ; Watanapa, Bunthit ; Jungcharoensukying, Ekapong
Author_Institution :
Requirements Eng. Lab. (R-Lab.), KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
This paper proposes a two-fold study: (1) to investigate the factors affecting behavior intention of Thai students for choosing Information Technology (IT) program and (2) based on the findings in (1), to make comparison analyses on the IT students versus those of other professional programs. The web-based questionnaire was employed to collect data from a focused set of 200 1styear students, studying in public universities in Thailand. The result of (1), using factor analysis, points out that the factors affecting students´ behavioral intention to choose IT program can be categorized into three dimensions: personal characteristics, social influence and IT intention. The result of statistical analyses, incl. ANOVA, show that IT students hold some distinctive values of attitudinal attributes when choosing the program of study. Based on the findings, IT schools are suggested common strategies to attract targeted students and adjust the program´s attributes to suit the students.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; computer science education; educational institutions; human factors; information technology; statistical analysis; ANOVA; IT intention; IT program; IT schools; IT students; Thai students behavior intention; Web-based questionnaire; attitudinal attributes; data collection; factor analysis; information technology education; information technology program; personal characteristics; professional programs; public universities; social influence; statistical analyses; student behavioral intention; Analysis of variance; Attitude control; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Information technology; Reliability; IT education; IT program; IT students; attitudes; non-IT program;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management and Emerging Technologies (ISTMET), 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bandung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3703-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISTMET.2014.6936536