Problems and Guidelines for Co-operative Education in the New Normal Era

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the problems of cooperative education in the new normal lifestyle era and find out the guideline for cooperation education in the new normal lifestyle era. This research was a Qualitative Research. The sample in qualitative research was executives, mentors or organization representatives and lecturers of the Faculty of Mass Communication Technology. The results showed that the problems were the preparation of the organization, student preparation, availability of equipment, rising cost, some work cannot be performed in a work-from-home manner, communication problems, late submission of assignments, and difficulty keeping track of assignments. The practical guidelines for cooperative education in the new normal lifestyle era were students’ equipment surveyed which need for work operation, surveyed preparedness of organizations, and informed clearly guidelines for cooperative education. In addition, proof of vaccination or ATK test results must be presented before starting cooperative education. During the cooperative education practice, the student should report workplace attendance once a week, must wear a mask 100% at all times, use the Mor Chana, Thai Chana, Mor Promp application, prepare alcohol for washing hands during the day, arrange work times, break times and meal times for cooperative education students to overlap. After cooperative education, students' work and organization preparedness must be assessed in order to use for planning and developing the work process of cooperative education in the next year. In addition, at the end of the cooperative education students must report their ATK test results to enterprises and universities.