Head-to-Head Comparison between Indonesia and Taiwan to Provide Professional Vocational Teachers in Fashion Education

Siti Zahro

doi:10.21831/jptk.v25i2.26773

Abstract

Teachers must have three major components, including content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge. A teacher of Technology and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has an important role in the learning process of students in vocational education because the quality of teachers determines that of graduates of vocational schools. Therefore, the teacher candidates in TVET must have work experiences in the industry, so that they produce students who have high quality and can compete in the labour market. The teacher candidates must be prepared through a process of quality education to become professional teachers in the future. Providing professional fashion teacher candidates is not easy, for it takes a certain curriculum content and long processes. With literature review method with head-to-head approach, the paper aims to understand how to provide professional teachers for fashion department. Furthermore, the curriculum of fashion teacher candidates in Taiwan and Indonesia, the line of becoming professional TVET teacher, and future framework for establishing professional teachers in Indonesia were discussed

Highlights

A teacher is one of the most important elements in education
This paper aims to provide an overview about a pre-education program to train professional teacher candidates especially in fashion, and it is expected that in the future, Indonesia can improve its educational system and enhance the quality of teacher candidates, they can be accepted in the labour market
Based on a literature review, the authors carried out an analysis and a discussion to give more indepth regarding the curriculum of fashion teacher candidates in Taiwan and in Indonesia, the line of becoming professional Technology and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teacher in Indonesia, and future framework for establishing professional teachers in Indonesia

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The quality of education is largely determined by the quality standards of teachers. They play the most important part of a learning process, so teachers must have three components including content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and the content of pedagogical knowledge [1]–[4]. Finnish National Board of Education [5], [6] mentioned the qualifications requirements for vocational teachers include an appropriate university degree or an appropriate polytechnic degree, at least three years of work experience in a field relevant to the position and teachers' pedagogical studies. The TVET teacher candidates must have one year of working experience as non-teachers or as an entrepreneur, and six months of social activities related to educating children and/or adults [7]. Teacher candidates’ lack of work experiences will have an impact on Received September 9, 2019; Revised September 21, 2019; Accepted September 29, 2019

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