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The purpose of this research is the evaluation of the simulator training available in the School of Engineers in the Merchant Marine Academy of Athens by the trainees’ aspect. It was performed during the spring semester of the academic year 2012–13 to the trainees of the Marine Simulator laboratory. The number of trainees who participated in the research was 116. The questionnaire technique was used for the research (anonymously). The questionnaire consisted of two parts: the educational that concerns the organization of the course, trainees’ evaluation, and the technical part that refers to the teaching design and use of the simulator in the course. Significant conclusions were extracted by the conduct of the research that will help for the better teaching design of the course and the system simulator. The recipient teachers and developers should make the appropriate adjustments in order for the course of marine simulation to be more interesting and to increase its efficiency. Moreover, IMO and the corresponding standards of training (STCW 2010) should include in future revisions, the findings of such researches so as those standards would be closer to the actual educational and professional needs of marine engineers.
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Tsoukalas, V.D., Papachristos, D.A., Stefanakou, A.A. et al. Questionnaire assessment of training in a marine simulator. WMU J Marit Affairs 14, 293–312 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13437-014-0068-7
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