Vocational School Teachers Research Articles

An investigation of teachers’ EAP writing and international publishing skills in China’s higher vocational schools

The growth of English as the dominant language for the dissemination of academic knowledge has influenced scholars in every corner of the world, especially those coming from non-English countries. When faced with the increasing pressure to publish their research in English, Chinese higher vocational school teachers experience huge constraints in their current contexts and suffer great difficulties. This article examines three Chinese higher vocational schoolteachers’ perceptions, motivations, and the challenges encountered in conducting English academic writing and international publishing. It aims to explore the targeted teachers’ agency in surmounting difficulties when acquiring English academic literacy in order to meet the discipline-specific expectations of high-profile international journals and further analyse their creative use of resources to help them fulfil this demanding task. The findings indicate both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the targeted teachers’ EAP writing and international publishing endeavours. Their practices in presenting research on a global stage could provide suggestions to future researchers exploring scholars’ English academic writing for international publication purpose. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

THE EFFECT OF DIVERSITY, ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR ON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SOUTH JAKARTA

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Diversity, Organizational Climate and Organizational Commitment on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in State Vocational High School Teachers in South Jakarta. The research method used is a survey method using a descriptive approach with the population used are State Vocational School teachers in South Jakarta. This research model uses path analysis model. The analytical technique used is SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) which is operated with SmartPLS 3.0 software for hypothesis testing. The analysis technique carried out in PLS includes three stages, namely external model analysis, internal model analysis, and hypothesis testing. The results obtained from this study include a positive and significant influence on the diversity of organizational citizenship behavior, climate on organizational citizenship behavior, diversity on organizational citizenship behavior and diversity, organizational climate,and organizational commitment to organizational citizenship behavior.

The Relationships of Schools Conditions and their Impact on Economic Growth

The purpose of my research is to measure the relationship between school conditions and economic growth in the Republic of Kosovo. The research was conducted with vocational high schools during the period 2020-2021. The research was conducted through a closed-ended questionnaire of students and teachers of vocational schools in Kosovo, while the data were analyzed through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program (version 25). Descriptive analysis, Alpha Cronbach's reliability test, and normality analysis were first performed by Kolmogorov Smirnov and Shapiro Wilk. The results are presented in descriptive form through frequency and percentage, while the verification of hypotheses is performed through Spearman Correlation. I Can conclude that Kosovo is progressing well in terms of the implementation of vocational education, thus providing a link between vocational education and practice in business or economic development. The research was conducted over two years, during the time of the pandemic, and can be considered as a barrier to investment in school conditions. The research was conducted through questionnaires that I administered, and the data are relevant to the research issue. Research is of great importance in improving the school conditions of vocational high schools in the Republic of Kosovo.

Pendampingan kepada Guru dalam Penyusunan Pedoman Penguatan Soft Skill Kesiapan Kerja bagi Siswa SMK Nasional

The purpose of this service activity is to develop soft skill guidelines for work readiness for vocational students. The target of this service is adaptive and productive teachers. The target to be achieved from vocational school teachers is the realization of a soft skill development manual for students in preparing for work. This service activity took a place in the National Vocational School of Berbah, Sleman regency with all active teachers as participants. The stages of service activities carried out were 1) preparation as a form of administrative completeness before carrying out activities, 2) implementation carried out with an active learning approach (activity, analysis, abstraction, and application), 3) closing by evaluating the ability to understand soft skills concepts and rubrics soft skills assessment. The result of this service activity showed that the level of understanding and competence of teachers' knowledge related to soft skills from the concept aspect and the assessment rubric was very good. Based on these capabilities, the outputs and answers to partner problems were answered by the compilation of a soft skill manual for students of the Berbah National Vocational School in Sleman regency in the face of competition in the world of work.

Principal's Decision, Organizational Commitment, and Organizational Climate in Influencing the Performance of Vocational High School Teachers

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of principal's decision making, organizational commitment, organizational climate on teacher performance at Private Vacational High School Kota Tangerang
 Methodology/approach – This research is causal quantitative with survey method used in data collection. The population is a private vocational school teacher in Tangerang City with a sample of 100 respondents using a random sampling technique.
 Findings – The results showed that 1) There is an influence of Decision Making on Teacher Performance, with the interaction between school principals and teachers in making decisions to be a big influential indicator. 2) There is an influence of Organizational Commitment on Teacher Performance, with commitment to career development according to the period of service being an indicator of great influence. 3) There is an influence of Organizational Climate on Teacher Performance, with the principal's efforts to encourage teachers to foster gifted students being a big influential indicator.
 Novelty/value – The interaction between the principal and the teacher in making decisions is a major indicator of influence, so the principal should be able to maintain interaction with teachers in order to decide on appropriate policies for the progress and improvement of teacher performance in schools. Then, career development according to the period of service is a big indicator of organizational commitment, it is necessary to have talent management in this case the teacher and the right career succession so that it can improve teacher performance. Finally, the coaching of gifted students in this study is alleged to have a major influence on the creation of a good organizational climate, talented students are expected to become good influencers for schools so that the school's learning situation and climate will be good and teacher performance will increase because the students are talented.

Hubungan Komitmen Afektif dengan Kepuasan Kerja pada Guru SMK


 This study aims to determine the relationship between affective commitment and job satisfaction in vocational teachers. This study involved 59 vocational school teachers at one of the state vocational schools in Tangerang Regency, Banten Province. The research method used is quantitative by using a questionnaire as a research data collection tool. The data analysis technique used is using the SPSS version 26 program with the results of the study that there is a significant relationship between affective commitment and job satisfaction in vocational teachers.
 Keywords: affective commitment, job satisfaction, vocational teachers.

Challenges and adaptation on online learning during COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has impacted the continuity of learning in education aspects. This research aimed to analyze the challenges and the adaptative strategy of online learning for urban vocational school teachers and students during COVID-19. The research applied a descriptive qualitative design in supporting the data needed. The sample of the study was taken randomly from a vocational school in Indonesia consisting of seven students and four teachers in English subject teaching class. In gathering the data, observation and interview were used as research instrument and it was analyzed using Braun’s thematic analysis. The data gathered revealed that vocational school students face some challenges when learning online in English teaching subject during COVID-19 pandemic and did the adaptation dealing with the situation. The interview exposed the challenge faced by the vocational school teachers and students during online learning covering lack of lesson understanding, low creativity in using learning sources, lack of psychological bond with the teacher, internet stability, lack of face meeting exposure, and learning accessibility. The adaptive strategy implemented by the respondents mainly link with technical stuff like stabilizing internet coverage, searching the learning resource more intensive, and providing learning module.

1950년대 기술인력양성책의 추진과 한계

This article notes what technical manpower training policies were established and developed at the government, schools, and industrial sites in the 1950s after the liberation. After the liberation, the military and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry sought to develop and pursue a short-term training-oriented technical training plan to increase the operating rate of the production sector. Due to the lack of technical manpower, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry first operated mechanical technology and mining technical training centers. Second, the Industrial Technician test was conducted for a short period of time when there were no other certificates except for educational diplomas. After the Korean War, in order for the corporate technical personnels to lead the provision of practical training and retraining for technical personnel in industrial sites. The aid authorities attempted ① the strengthening of the practice for vocational education ② the retraining of workers in the nearby area ③ the retraining of teachers in vocational schools. This was for the purposes of enhancing the effectiveness of aid and economic reconstruction. However, it was not easy to settle this technical training system under high unemployment and people''s aspirations to go to universities. It was difficult to change the atmosphere of Korean society in a short period of time, preferring to go to university over finding a job. The goal of vocational education and training was not for the higher education but to get employed. Hence, it was necessary to ‘grow‘ the industry in order to set a firm footing in the vocational education and training institution. Without the growth of the industry, it was difficult for technical skills to immediately lead to employment. Technical skills were harder to be recognized than university diplomas in the labor market due to the industrial structure, which was challenging to become skilled, get hired, and move up the social ladder after getting technical training and technician certificates. Attempts to change the technical training system intended by the aid authorities in the 1950s seemed to have failed. As a result, since the 1960s, technical manpower training policy has been transformed from educational to labor policy in character.

Preparing teachers of secondary vocational schools to teach a vocational subject

The paper focuses on the preparation of a secondary school teacher for a teaching unit, both the methodological and the content part of the preparation. Detailed attention is paid to the individual parts of the methodological preparation of teachers of vocational subjects because the preparation is often underestimated in practice. It is necessary to emphasize that the acquisition of students' competences during education depends in each subject on the way in which the content of the curriculum is conveyed to the students and what kind of tools the teacher uses for this purpose. This includes not only the formulation of educational and educational objectives but also the choice of the appropriate structure of the teaching unit, the choice of teaching methods, the use of relevant aids, special classrooms, etc. The general concept of teacher preparation for a teaching unit is linked by the authors with real examples from pedagogical practice.

PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN MENGGUNAKAN CANVA UNTUK GURU DI SMKN 2 PINGGIR

SMK teachers as professional educators who act as facilitators in learning find innovations to find potential sources and learning media in the environment so that they can teach their students effectively. In order to become good facilitators, vocational school teachers are expected to be able to equip themselves with insight and skills in developing design and making learning media so that teachers can ensure good games. The reality shows that the teachers of SMKN 2 Pinggir in general have difficulty in improving the quality and effectiveness of learning at SMKN 2 Pinggir. This situation is due to the lack of buffer facilities and infrastructure that support the activity and enjoyment of students in learning and also because teachers do not yet have adequate insight and skills to make learning media that is fun for children. Therefore, the Service Team for the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Lancang Kuning provided Training on Making Learning Media Using Canva for Teachers at SMKN 2 Pinggir with the hope of increasing the effectiveness and quality of the learning process at SMKN 2 which will ultimately support the achievement of educational goals.

The Influence of Entrepreneurship Competency and Leadership Challenge to Principals’ Leadership Solutions

Education should be able to produce competent human resources. In the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and 21st-century learning, ahead of vocational school is expected to be increasingly able to diversify educational leadership in all learning activities in the school. Therefore this study aims to analyse entrepreneurial competencies, leadership challenges, and leadership solutions for vocational high school principals in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and 21st-century learning. This research is correlational research using ex-post facto research. The sample of this study was 35 respondents who were determined using the purposive sample method. Respondents included school principals, deputy principals, heads of expertise programs, and vocational school teachers. Data collection techniques are used questionnaires. The analysis prerequisite test is done by normality test, linearity test and multicollinearity test. The results obtained that the entrepreneurial competence of the principal (86.91%) is in the very good category, the principal's leadership challenges (83.48%) are in the high category, and the principal's leadership solutions (84.49%) are included in the appropriate category. There is a significant influence between entrepreneurial competence and the principal's leadership solution with a correlation coefficient of 0.374. There is a significant influence between leadership challenges and the principal's leadership solution with a correlation coefficient of 0.806, and there is a significant effect between entrepreneurial competence and the principal's leadership challenge with a regression coefficient of 0.9 or a determinant factor of 81%.

The Effect of Work Climate on Teacher Performance Toward Organizational Commitment, Work Motivation, and Work Stress of Vocational School Teachers in East Barito District

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the direct and indirect effects on work climate variables, teacher performance, organizational commitment, work motivation and stress the work of SMK teachers in East Barito Regency. The research method uses a quantitative descriptive approach with a research sample of 124 teachers spread across Vocational High Schools throughout East Barito Regency. Techniques Data collection is done by observation and questionnaires. Techniques Data analysis was carried out with simple and multiple regression statistical analysis to describe the influence between research variables. The results of the study show that: (1) There is a significant effect of work climate on organizational commitment (2) There is a significant influence of work climate on work motivation (3) There is a significant influence of organizational commitment on work motivation (4) There is a significant influence of work climate on work stress ( 5) There is a significant effect of organizational commitment on work stress (6) There is a significant effect of work climate on teacher performance (7) There is a significant effect of organizational commitment on teacher performance (8) There is a significant effect of work motivation on teacher performance (9) There is a significant effect of stress work climate on teacher performance (10) There is an indirect effect of work climate on teacher performance through teacher organizational commitment (11) There is an indirect effect of work climate on work motivation through teacher organizational commitment (12) There is no indirect effect of work climate on work stress through organizational commitment (13) T There is an indirect effect of work climate on performance through teacher work motivation (14) There is an indirect effect of work climate on performance through teacher work stress (15) There is an indirect effect of organizational commitment on performance through teacher work motivation (16) There is an indirect effect of commitment organization on performance through teacher work stress.

The Growth of English Teachers in Secondary Vocational Schools

The team of English teachers in secondary vocational schools is the key to school construction. Nurturing high-quality and high-level teaching teams is far from being easy as one may think. Teachers themselves should actively explore and practice, learn advanced educational ideas and methods, as well as broaden their narrow perspectives by reading. Sukhomlinsky’s “Suggestions for Teachers” is a noteworthy reference. In secondary vocational schools, many English teachers are unquestionably proficient in terms of professional knowledge, but they fall short in terms of practical teaching, which simply goes against the adage that “practice is the sole criterion for testing truth” [1].

Analisis kontribusi kepemimpinan kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru sekolah menengah kejuruan

The purpose of this study was to analyze the contribution of principals’ leadership to the performance of vocational high school teachers. The research method used is descriptive quantitative. The research sample comprised 80 teachers from various vocational schools in the city of Padang, obtained through purposive random sampling. We collected data through two instruments, the principal’s leadership instrument and the teacher’s work perfomance scale. Each instrument uses a 5-point Likert scale with 40 items (principal leadership instrument) and 36 items (teacher performance instrument). We analyzed data with descriptive statistics and linear regression using Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistics Program (JASP). The results showed that the principal’s leadership contributed positively to the performance of SMK teachers in the city of Padang. The results indicate that there is a need to increase the intensity of the principal’s leadership in order to improve the performance of vocational school teachers in the city of Padang.

Pengaruh Manajemen Waktu, Motivasi Kerja dan Kinerja Guru Terhadap Kompetensi Profesional Guru

This research was carried out by all State Vocational Schools in Soppeng Regency, South Sulawesi Province. In this study, the population is 57 teachers of State Vocational Schools in Kabupaten Soppeng. The sampling technique in this study using Simple random sampling is said to be simple (simple because sampling is done randomly without regard to the existing strata in the population. The data analysis tool used in this study is research with multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the research conducted, it shows that: Time Management has a positive and significant effect on teachers' Professionals in SMKN Kabupaten Soppeng, Teacher Motivation has a positive and significant effect on teacher Professionals in SMKN Kabupaten Soppeng District, Teacher Performance has a positive and significant effect on Professionals Teachers at SMKN Kabupaten Soppeng, Time Management, Work Motivation and Teacher Performance simultaneously had a positive and significant effect on teacher Professionals in SMKN Kabupaten Soppeng.

Importance-Performance Gap Analysis(IPGA) of Future Competencies of Specialized Subject Teacher in Vocational High School

Importance-Performance Gap Analysis(IPGA) of Future Competencies of Specialized Subject Teacher in Vocational High School

The Effect of Work Environment and Motivation on Teacher Work Discipline (Case Study on Teachers at SMKS Galuh Rahayu, Ciamis Regency)

This research was conducted with the aim of knowing the effect of the work environment and motivation on work discipline at SMKS Galuh Rahayu teachers. The method used in this research is a case study using data obtained directly through questionnaires distributed to 26 respondents who are teachers of SMKS Galuh Rahayu. The technique used in this research is path analysis. The results of the study indicate that: (1) the work environment has a positive and significant effect on motivation for teachers at SMKS Galuh Rahayu; (2) The work environment directly has a positive and but not significant effect on Work Discipline at Galuh Rahayu Vocational School Teachers; (3) Motivation directly has a positive and significant effect on Work Discipline at SMKS Galuh Rahayu Teachers; (4) The work environment has a positive and significant effect on work discipline through motivation for teachers at SMKS Galuh Rahayu.

Work Motivation and Work Discipline on Teachers’ Performance in State Vocational Schools

This study aims to determine the effect of work motivation and work discipline on the performance of State Vocational High School teachers throughout Central Tapanuli Regency. This study aims to determine the effect of motivation on the performance of State Vocational High School teachers throughout Central Tapanuli Regency. This study aims to determine the effect of discipline on the performance of State Vocational High School teachers in the Central Tapanuli Regency. To determine the effect of motivation and work discipline together on the performance of State Vocational High School teachers throughout Central Tapanuli Regency. The population in this study were all teachers of State Vocational Schools in Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province as many as 99 people. From the results of the study, it can be seen that the results are For that can the coefficient of determination, work motivation variable influence (X1) to the variable teacher performance in SMK Se-Central Tapanulii(Y) R Square is 95.5%. This means that the work motivation variable (X1) has an influence on variable teacher performance at State Vocational Schools throughout Central Tapanuli Regency (Y) of 95.5%. While was discussion results study influence the discipline of work with the teacher's performance can see of the calculation results explain that the influence between the variable work discipline (X2) on teacher performance (Y) with the value of is significant 0.000.05. While was can know the value of the coefficient of determination (contributions) the impact of work discipline variables (X2) to teacher performance (Y) R Square of 89.1%. work discipline means that the variables (X2) on teacher performance (Y) for 89.1%. And simultaneous testing influences work motivation, work discipline to variable teacher performance The SMK Se-Central Tapanuli is can know that value coefficient determination work motivation variable (X1), work discipline (X2) it simultaneously (together) variable teacher performance (Y) seen in column R square that for 96.1% means work motivation (X1), work discipline (X2) as together have influence to variables the performance of teachers-Centralin SMK in Tapanuli for 96.1%.

Overview of learning activities in vocational high schools during the covid-19 pandemic

The emergence of the Covid-19 outbreak caused the educational aspect to need adjustments in carrying out learning. Vocational schools are the objects most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, as a result the learning process that should be based on practice must be temporarily suspended and replaced with tasks. Therefore, this study aimed to describe learning activities in Vocational High Schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lesson plan, students’ practicum implementation and how technology are used to support learning activities. This type of research is qualitative, with the research subject being a vocational school teacher. The results showed that the lesson plans that are commonly used are now changed by giving assignments, during distance learning teachers deliver materials using various media. This research can be an illustration for teachers and policy makers in developing models, media and learning strategies to improve the quality of learning in vocational school.
 
 Keywords: vocational, pandemic, learning, technology, learning strategy;

The Problem and Need for Continuing Professional Development of Vocational School Teachers

This study aims to analyze the problems and the needs of vocational school teachers in the implementation of continuing professional development. This research is qualitative. This study’s sample was 120 vocational school teachers in Surakarta Residency, Indonesia. A questionnaire, interview, and documentation instruments were used in this study. A triangulation technique was employed to validate research instruments, while interactive analysis was utilized to analyze research data with stages data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. This research produced two pieces of information. First, the problems that occurred during the implementation of the continuing professional development program included: training activities had not been carried out according to teacher expectations; material was not suitable to the program; the trainer was inadequate in delivering the material; training was still carried out on weekdays; a large amount of administrative burden on teachers; low financial support; age; and teachers' lack of interest and insight about scientific work. Second, there were three aspects of the teachers’ needs in the CPD program: self-development (variations in training to improve teacher abilities), aspects of scientific publications (writing scientific papers to journal publications), and aspects of innovative work (book development, teaching aids, learning innovations, etc.).