Developing the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals through Aviation Curriculum
Abstract
The article aims to propose curriculum development which can generate next aviation professionals for the aviation industry. The perspectives, from critical work to curriculum vice-versa, respond to the need of regulatory bodies concerned as well as industry. The human performance-related considerations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are mainly employed to merge with three-core domain of aviation professionals forming the responsive curriculum in aviation education at undergraduate level. The pathway of aviation professionals for employability derived from curriculum development and complex professional tasks. However, curriculum development as well as learning process design towards the integration of strands (e.g., human factors), aviation function (e.g., cargo operations) together with laws and regulations in aviation by means of organizing into three major curriculum components: objectives, content or subject matter, and learning experiences must be blended and integrated.
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