A Study on the Professional Competency of Drawing for Teachers of Drawing Department in Vocational High Schools in Taiwan

[[abstract]]The research mainly discussed the drawing competency for the teachers of drawing department in vocational high schools, analysing the differences between the professional competency and the current situation from the levels of importance and availability, and moreover presenting relative suggestions based on the research results. The research adopted the Delphi Technique and Questionnaire Survey as the survey methods. Taking the qualified on-job cartographic teachers of the 98 academic year as the research subject, 195 questionnaires were distributed and 181 responsed, with the response rate of 92.8%. Among the responsed questionnaires, 164 are valid, with the availability rate of 90.6%. The research adopted SPSS For Windows 15.0 for the statistical analysis of the resources, and Descriptive Statistics, t-test, IPA, One-Way ANOVA and Scheff? Post Hoc for other relevant analysis. According to the statistical analysis, we can get the following conclusions: I. The drawing competency of the teachers of drawing department in vocational high schools contain 6 aspects(basic drafting, computer application, orthographic projection drawing, dimensioning, working sketches and drawings, as well as professional drawing) and 85 competence items. II. Teachers of drawing department in vocational high schools consider that the most important professional competency is orthographic projection drawing. III. The best competency of the teachers of drawing department in vocational high schools is the orthographic projection drawing. IV. The most important and the best competency is for the basic drafting, computer application, orthographic projection drawing, dimensioning, and working sketches and drawings are importance and availability. V. There is no significant difference of the drawing competency according to different genders, education levels, teaching ages, school locations and professional trainings. VI.Teachers of different teaching ages have differences on the working sketches and drawings. Teachers who teach for more than 26 years have higher availability level than those of less than 5 years.