The Implementation Of Entrepreneurship Education And Production Unit In Vocational High Schools

Abstract

Production unit in vocational high schools is a place to train students with entrepreneurship practice. Teachers utilize this unit to help students developing competence in production lesson. Research uses quantitative approach. Subject includes 40 teachers of cloth-making lesson in vocational high schools of East Java. Data collection method is documentation and questionnaire with Likert Scale entailing five answer alternatives. Data analysis technique involves T-Test and Explanatory Factor Analysis. Some findings are obtained: (1) Practice-based activity at production unit in vocational high schools is more effective than same activity in Modeste Industry; (2) Practice-based activity at production unit in vocational high schools is very highly effective because teachers are highly oriented toward practice, more creative in preparing learning activity, and more explicit in guiding students during practice lesson; (3) Schools, teachers, and school staffs gain benefits from effective activity at production unit; and (4) Entrepreneurship education improves teachers' capability in designing production learning activity. Research is aimed to measure the effectiveness of the implementation of entrepreneurship education, to estimate teachers' effectiveness in providing practice-based guidance at production unit, and to understand the benefits of practice-based activity at production unit that can be obtained by teachers, students, and school staffs.

Exploration of Lived Experiences of Selected Schools in Production Units in Kalomo District, Southern Province, Zambia

“…Teachers can utilize production unit to help pupils develop competence in production lessons. Marniati et al (2018) found that practice-based activities at production unit in schools were more effective than same activity in modest industries. Herry et al (2016) recommended the establishment of production unit managers who can do planning, implementation guides, supervision and monitoring the activities and roles of teachers and pupils.…”

Implementation of Welding Production Unit Learning Model for Students’ Entrepreneurial Preparedness of Public Vocational High School

“…Additionally, intensive marketing campaigns are required in order that the workshop can operate successfully and get bulk orders in such a way that more students can be involved in the workshop. The researh by Marniati et al, (2018) shows that marketing products of the production unit may produce some benefits, increase the income of the school and school staff, help upgrade equipment and facilities for learning activities at class and in production units.…”

“…The provision of skilled and educated workforce depends highly on the quality of education and training, especially those of vocational schools (Mahfud, 2013). Vocational High Schools (VHSs) are the institutions which are expected to develop and provide excellent human resources and skilled workers (Marniati et al, 2018). However, the fact shows that not all vocational graduates are absorbed in the industrial world, which causes a number of vocational graduates to get jobs outside the area of their expertise (Qotimah et al, 2019).…”

“…The success of the curriculum for vocational education depends heavily on the success in producing graduates adaptive to the development of the industrial world. Marniati et al, (2018) stated that the success of the curriculum for vocational education lies in its ability to simulate the living condition of the industrial world. In this regard, the establishment of production units is suppossed to help hold students in readiness for jobs or employment.…”

“…In this regard, the establishment of production units is suppossed to help hold students in readiness for jobs or employment. The leanirng method in production units, however, will work better if the units are managed professionally and designed to help students, teachers, and schools' staff to define and live up to the standard of moral values in the industrial world and to shape business mindsets and behaviors, which allows them to be taught about entrepreneurship (Marniati et al, 2018).…”