Abstract
The low absorption of the workforce in the vocational high school graduates indicates their lack of expertise and competency. It urges to improve their work skills to meet the demand of work. This research aims at developing a Lean-based learning model to enhance the work skills of vocational high school students. This research categorized as development research uses the modified Borg and Gall method. The Lean-based learning model was tested through three stages, namely its validity, effectiveness and practicality. Respondents of the research are vocational high school students, vocational high school teachers and industry practitioners in Indonesia. The model was validated by some experts and FGD results. The effectiveness of the model was tested by an experimental with a posttest only control group design. The population of the experiment was students of the Vocational High School who were doing an industrial experience in some industries, which followed a work shadowing strategy, the sample is chosen by random sampling; data were collected to develop a performance test. Two questionnaires were used to evaluate the practicability of the model according to the perceptions of the teachers and students of the Vocational High School. Based on the research, the developed learning model can be categorized as “good” in case of its validity, effectiveness, and practicality. It means that the lean-based learning model is valid, effective and practical. The conclusion of research is that lean learning model is one of the alternatives to improve work skills competency among vocational high school students to fulfill the industrial demand.
Highlights
The low competency among vocational high students indicates that the learning process has not comprehensively met the aspects of work skills and it makes the graduates lack expertise
It is lower than other education levels, such as a public high school with 20.52%, 18.16% for junior high school and dominated by elementary level graduates with 42.23% based on Indonesian Statistical Database, BPS. 2107
The effectiveness test of the learning model was done with experimental study with the populations and the samples were the eleventh-grade students of mechanical engineering from the vocational high school in Kepulauan Riau
Summary
The low competency among vocational high students indicates that the learning process has not comprehensively met the aspects of work skills and it makes the graduates lack expertise. The role of vocational high schools is to prepare individuals to achieve competency skills, sustain individual lives, face the world of work, and develop careers in the future, (Calhoun, Calfrey.C;Finch, 1982), (Hartanto et al, 2019) It must produce graduates who are ready to work, smart, competitive and have a strong character as professional workers. This study aims at developing lean-based learning models referring to industrial needs In this model, the learning process is integrated with the world of work to present a bridge connecting the school education and the professional work in order to provide real work experience among students.
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