Academic administration guidelines to enhance the working skills of students majoring in human geography and urban and rural planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, China

Abstract

This article aimed: 1) to investigate the problems and needs of working skills and ability of students in the fields of Human Geography and Urban and Rural Planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, 2) to develop the academic administration guidelines to enhance working skills of students in the fields of human geography and urban and rural planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics. The respondents in this research were from the School of Management Science and Engineering of Guangxi University of Finance and Economics. This includes 251 students majoring human geography and urban and rural planning and 77 teachers/administrators. The instruments for collecting data were questionnaires. The questionnaires were evaluated and approved in terms of correctness and suitability by the 3 Chinese specialists. The IOC values of all questions in the question is in the range of 0.67-1.00 indicating that the questionnaire was validated as suitable for data collection in this research. The research results were found as follows; 1) The questionnaire about problems of working skills of students major in human geography and urban and rural planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics at high level. 2) The needs of academic administration guidelines for the students major in human geography and urban and rural planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics at high level. 3) The topics about Academic Administration Guidelines to Enhance Working Skills of Students Major in Human Geography and Urban and Rural Planning at Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, China consist of 3 units: Students’ working skills - Five core working skills, Academic administration - Nine core academic administration indicators and "Human geography and urban and rural planning" specialty training goal connotations. It conducts questionnaire surveys and collects results from five aspects: professional skills, interpersonal skills, innovation ability, teamwork, and self-marketing ability for students. For teachers and administrators, it conducts questionnaire surveys and collects results from nine aspects: curriculum planning and management, student management, teacher management, examination and evaluation management, educational administration information management, academic support and counseling, teaching quality assessment and improvement, formulation and implementation of educational policies, and coordination and communication of educational affairs.