Implementing STEM Integrated Inquiry-Based Cooperative Learning of Smart Factory System

Nowadays, smart factory system learning has been increasingly mentioned in vocational education, considered guidelines to enhance students' understanding of a manufacturing situation in a realistic industry. However, it is challenging to teach the students to understand and practice. Thus, it should be cultivated in the curriculum of Technical Vocational and Training (TVET). This paper describes the STEM integrated inquiry-based cooperative learning approach of the smart factory system course. Forty first-year diploma students major in mechatronics and robotics engineering at TVET College in east Thailand participated in this study. This research finding shows the student's learning performance increasing and positive attitudes toward collaborative exploration learning management under the STEM study guidelines on a smart factory system course for TVET students.