The Superiority of On-Board Training as Liberal Arts Subjects

Abstract

This study clarifies the superiority of on-board training as liberal arts subject. The authors conducted questionnaire surveys to 78 students who participated the on-board training implemented by the Nagasaki University during three years from 2008 to 2010. The survey was based on the free description questionnaire method where the participating students answered the questions before and after the on-board training. The answers were analyzed by using KH Coder software. As a result of analysis, it was suggested that the students learned the importance of mutual assistance, collaboration and cooperation with their colleagues through putting themselves in an unfamiliar environment such as shake, seasickness, and tight space. It was also suggested that the students could cultivate the group activity by keeping regular hours. Particularly from the result of the survey after the on-board training, it appears that the unfamiliar environment of on-board training provides an educational superiority to other trainings on land.