Electronic Book About Information of Higher Education for Career Guidance Services in Senior High School: Is It Practically?

Abstract

High Scool graduates are prepared to continue their studies to higher education. Before high school students choose to continue in higher education, ideally they need to understand information about higher education. Awareness of information about higher education becomes an important aspect for students in planning their career development. The purpose of this study was to describe the practicality of the electronic book about information of higher education on career guidance services in high school. The results of the study will facilitate guidance and counseling teachers in providing career guidance services to high school students. This study was used for research and development (RnD). The model used is the ADDIE model which includes analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Data collection in this study used a practicality test instrument by the guidance and counseling teacher and followed by a focus group discussion (FGD). The results of the practicality test, this electronic book are included in the very practical category with a total score of 163 and the average percentage obtained from the practicality test by guidance and counseling teacher is 81.5%. Based on the results of the practicality test, the electronic book about information of higher education on career guidance services in high school is very practical and suitable for use without revision.

Proposed Integration of Career Orientation as a Separate Subject in Secondary Curriculum

“…Career orientation is the kind of services to prepare and to continue the senior high school studies to higher education [1] for individuals' people in not specified age and not specified period of their lives where there will be helped to start thinking about their future career [2,3]. Career Orientation for some it is called Career Guidance [4], the relationship of career guidance and orientation to TVET has been obfuscated by semantic confusions.…”