The Indicators of Construction Development for the National First-class on Design Majors in University under Hunan Province

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to: (1) explore the constituent factors of the construction and development indicators of national first-class majors design in Hunan universities; (2) To constructed indicators and development model of national First-Class on majors design in universities under Hunan Province.

This research was a mixed method study, divided to 3 stages: 1) for explore the components and indicators of national first-class major design in universities, this stage studied from literature review and 8 experts interview by purposive selection. 2) for factors analysis by questionnaires, the population were full-time teachers, from 9 universities in Hunan Province, Total 615. The sample was determined by Krejcie and Morgan (1970), obtained a total of 269 teachers and using stratified sampling techniques. The data collection with a five-scale rating questionnaire; And 3) for Delphi Technique (3 rounds) with 17 experts to validation the model. The statistical for data analysis includes frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, exploratory factor analysis, median, inter-quartile rang analysis and content analysis.

The research found that: (1) The development indicators for the national first-class professional construction of major design in universities under Hunan Province were composed of five components when analysis by Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were F1 construction, F2 construction, F3 construction, F4 construction and F5 construction; (2) The components and indicators for development model of national first-class majors design in universities under Hunan Province after used Delphi technique were consist of 5 components and given the new name as follows: 1) Hi-performance construction had 5 indicators, 2) Understanding construction had 7 indicators, 3) New normality had 5 indicators, 4) Actualization acceptance had 14 indicators and 5) Non-stop development had 5 indicators, and was called ?HUNAN Model?.