ANALYSIS OF ICT COMPANIES’ NEEDS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ICT HIGHER EDUCATION AT MASTER LEVEL: THE CASE OF KAZAKHSTAN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17770/jresd2020vol1.12.5389Keywords:
community, digital economy, ICT companies, ICT higher education, master level, needs analysis, regional developmentAbstract
The correspondence between ICT master programmes and requirements of ICT companies is shaped via needs analysis. The research aim: The aim of the present article is to analyse the empirical results of the study of needs of ICT companies, underpinning the elaboration of implications on ICT master programmes. The primary methods used: Exploratory research has been implemented within the present work. The representatives of four ICT companies, namely CISCO, KAIB, Kaspersky Lab and Soft Com, took part in the focus group interview organised at International Information Technology University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, in October 2019. A brief description of the main research results: The theoretical findings of the present research allow concluding that ICT companies and the universities belong to the local or regional community. The structuring content analysis allows identifying the areas of universities-companies cooperation, namely academic staff training, students’ training, provision of universities with modern equipment, joint elaboration of the content of ICT master programmes, organisation of joint laboratories including virtual laboratories, ensuring practice and internships for students, etc. The summarising content analysis highlights the need in cooperation between universities and companies to strengthen the sustainable development of the digital economy in the region. The novelty of the present work is formulated in the implications on ICT master programmes. Directions of further research are formulated.
Downloads
References
Ahrens, A., Bassus, O., Zaščerinska, J. (2013). Bi-professional Curriculum in Higher Education: Context Analysis. Proceedings of 6th ICEBE International Conference on Engineeirng and Business Education Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Windhoek, Namibia, 7 - 10 October, 101-107.
Ahrens, A., Foerster, M., Zaščerinska, J., Wasser, I. (2020). European Accreditation Agency’s View on Kazakhstan’s Engineering and Information Technology Higher Education. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, V, 15-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2020vol1.4861
Ahrens, A., Gruenwald, N., Zaščerinska, J., Amanzholova, S., Aleksejeva, L. (2019). Building University Capacity in the Field of ICT Education at Master Level For Strengthening Regional Development and Economics: The Case of Kazakhstan. 9-th International Scientific Conference «Perspectives of Economic of Kaliningrad Region and EU Development», Scientific Printed Words of the Conference, 10-13.
Ahrens, A., Purvinis, O., Zaščerinska, J., Miceviciene, D., Tautkus, A. (2018). Burstiness Management for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: Emerging Research and Opportunities. IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5442-4
Ahrens, A., Zaščerinska, J., Melnikova, J. (2019). Method for the Construction of Students’ Scientific Identity within English for Academic Purposes: The Case of International Students of Master Programme “Information and Electrical Engineering” at Hochschule Wismar. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, I, 43-53. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol1.3731
Ahrens, A., Zascerinska, J., Hariharan, R., Andreeva, N. (2016). Educators’ Opinion on Webinars in Higher Education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION, I, 15-27.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2016vol1.1488
Budde, R. (2005). Mexican and Central American L.A. Garment Workers: Globalized Industries and their economic constraints. LIT Verlag Münster.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., Morrsion, K. (2003). Research Methods in Education. London and New York: Routledge/Falmer Taylor & Francis Group.
Kitzinger, J. (1995). Education and debate Qualitative Research: Introducing focus groups. BMJ, 311, 299-302.
Krippendorff, K. (2004). Content Analysis. An Introduction to its Methodology. London: SAGE Publications.
Kroplijs, A., Rascevska, M. (2004). Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. Rīga: RaKa.
Krueger, R. A. & Casey, M. A. (2000). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (3rd ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Lūka, I. (2007). Development of Students’ ESP Competence in Tourism Studies at Tertiary Level. Unpublished dissertation. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte.
Mayring, P. (2000). Qualitative Content Analysis. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 1(2), Art. 20.
Mayring, P. (2004). Qualitative Content Analysis. In: U. Flick, E. Von Kardoff and I. Steinke (Eds). A Companion to Qualitative Research, SAGE, UK, Glasgow, 266-269.
Okoli, C., Pawlovski, S. (2004). The Delphi Method as a Research Tool: an example, design considerations and applications. Information and Management, 42(1), 15-29.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (2014). Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy. OECD 2014.
Phillips, D. (2006). Comparative Education: method. Research in Comparative and International Education, 1(4), 304-319.
Piebalga, E., Zvaigzne, A. (2019). Theoretical Aspects of the Concept of Community in the Context of Social Sciences. Latgale National economy research Journal of Social Sciences, 1(11), 78-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/lner2019vol1.11.4244.
Thanh, N.C., Thanh, T.T.L. (2015). The Interconnection Between Interpretivist Paradigm and Qualitative Methods in Education. American Journal of Educational Science, 1(2), 24-27.
Zaščerinska, J., Aļeksejeva, A., Aļeksejeva, L., Gloņina, O., Zaščerinskis, M., Andreeva, N. (2015). Formal Adult Education in Latvia: Focus Group Interview. In O. Clipa & G. Cramariuc (eds.), Educatia in societatea contemporana. Aplicatii, 287-294. Iasi, Romania: Editura LUMEN. ISBN: 978-973-166-409-5.
Zaščerinska, J., Melnikova, J., Ahrens, A. (2020). Teaching Staff View on Kazakhstan’s Engineering and Information Technology Higher Education at Master Level. The 16th international conference „Social Innovations for Sustainable Regional Development”: April 29, 2020. Abstracts of reports, 109-112. Klaipėda: Klaipėda University, 2020.
