EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH FIELD TRIPS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVESITY OF INDUSTRY

Abstract

The field trip is one of the significant experiential learning activities to enhance students' cognition of employment opportunities after graduation. The study assesses the value of nine field trips of Hanoi University of Industry students in 2022. Data were collected from 451 second-year students at the faculty of Information Technology through an online survey. The survey consists of two parts, the first related to demographic information and the second for the participants' ratings on the aspects of field trips. Data analyses were performed by spss software (version 26). The result revealed that participants highly valued the university support, enterprise activities and their achievements for the field trips. The findings from the Hanoi University of Industry can act as a successful case for other Vietnamese higher education to organize similar field trips to promote their undergraduates' preparedness of work readiness after graduation.