Meslek Lisesi ‎Öğrencilerinin İşletmelerde Beceri ‎Eğitimi ‎‎Uygulamasına ‎İlişkin Görüşleri

Abstract

Internship is an area that prepares individuals for business life by providing students with practical skills and experience as well as theoretical knowledge. This provides students with real-world experience, enabling them to step into their professions in a more informed and prepared manner. Internships give students the opportunity to combine their theoretical learning with real business life. This ensures that the knowledge they learn in the classroom is translated into practical applications and gives students the chance to gain a deeper understanding of their profession. These advantages of an internship give students the opportunity to prepare for their professional life by interacting not only with theoretical knowledge but also with real business environments. In this way, students can step into the business world after graduation in a more equipped and knowledgeable way. In this study, the opinions of vocational high school students on skills training in enterprises were examined. The population of the research consists of students studying in vocational high schools operating in Ankara in the fall semester of 2023-2024. The sample of the research consists of 260 students who voluntarily participated in the research. A 5-point Likert-type questionnaire consisting of 26 items was used in the study. In the questionnaire, there are items expressing the experiences of the students regarding the internship practices, the problems encountered in the practice, the guidance of the teachers, the approaches of the enterprises, the internship preparation and the experiences during the process. The reliability of the questionnaire was conducted by the researcher and Cronbach's alpha value was found to be .94. As a result of the research, it was determined that the teachers met with the students when they came to the enterprise where the internship was carried out, absenteeism during the skills training was followed up by the enterprise, the scores obtained from the skills training in the enterprises fully reflected the success, the prepared work file was given to the student at the beginning of the semester by the school administration, the rules to be followed about the enterprise were explained to them by the relevant people at the beginning of the internship, and they received a salary of at least 1/3 of the minimum wage. On the other hand, the statements in which the students showed less participation were that there was no need for internship training, that they were made to deal with non-educational work during internship, that internship practice caused them to lose interest in the lessons, and that a unit was established at the internship site for the training of intern students.