Vocational Studies Research Articles

Stavovi i iskustva studenata medicinskog usmerenja Akademije strukovnih studija Šabac o online nastavi

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching in higher education institutions took place online, or combined. This way of teaching was a challenge for both teachers and students. Aim: The aim of the research is to examine the attitudes and experiences of medical students about online teaching. Methods: The research was conducted as a descriptive study. The research instrument is a specially designed questionnaire that assesses student attitudes and experiences with online teaching. The study included 103 students of medical courses, Healthcare and Pharmacy, at the Academy of Vocational Studies Šabac, Department of Medical and Business-Technological Studies in June 2022. Results: The majority of students were in the age category of 19-30 years, female, from the Health Care study program. The students expressed their agreement with the statements about the regularity of online classes at the Department, as well as the way of informing about obligations during online classes. The negative attitude of the students was that online teaching is not a better form of teaching than traditional teaching, as well as that online teaching is suitable for practical exercises. The overall quality of organizing online classes at the Department of Medical and Business-Technological Studies was rated four by most students. Conclusion: In the conditions of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, classes are organized well, but in the future, if necessary, classes should be combined. The obtained results will serve to improve the teaching process at the Department.

The Role of Dipping Duck Hatching Eggs with Cherry Leaf Extract as Natural Sanitizers on Hatching Performance and Eggshell Bacterial Counts

The research aim is to study the role of dipping duck hatching eggs with cherry leaf extract as a natural sanitizer on hatching performance and eggshell bacterial counts. A number of 533 Alabio duck hatching eggs were used in this study. Hatching eggs produced from The College of Vocational Studies IPB University; were collected three times a day. Five hundred thirty-three hatching eggs were divided into five treatment groups. The first group was as control, the second was dipping into commercial disinfection, and the third and the fifth group were dipping into cherry leaf extract with concentrations 250 ppm, 500 ppm, and 750 ppm, respectively. The results showed eggshell bacterial counts from cherry leaf extract 750 ppm is not significantly different from commercial disinfection treatment. The bacterial count is lower than other treatments. The dipping treatment of 750 ppm cherry leaf extract in Alabio duck hatching eggs resulted in the lowest embryo mortality and the highest hatchability compared to other treatments. The highest hatchability percentage was in the cherry leaf extract treatment of 750 ppm (90.9%) and the lowest was in the control (75.2%).

Implementasi Theory of Planned Behavior terhadap Entrepreneurial Intention: Efek Moderasi Entrepreneurship Education dan Gender

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial intention of college students in Surabaya. Purposive sampling was used towards 220 college students. The criteria of the samples were students who already took entrepreneurship subject for bachelor degree and entrepreneurship practicum for vocational studies. This study used Mann-Whitney U-Test through SPSS and partial least squares through SmartPLS. This study finds: 1) attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control have a positive significant impact towards entrepreneurial intention, 2) entrepreneurship education has a positive significant impact towards entrepreneurial intention,3) entrepreneurship education failed to moderate any of the theory of planned behavior variables effect toward entrepreneurial intention, 4) gender failed to moderate the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention, 5) there was no difference on the level of entrepreneurial intention between male and female college students, 6) there was no difference on the level of entrepreneurial intention between bachelor degree and vocational studies students.

The role of Applied Higher Education in achieving the SDGs: The Example from the Faculty of Vocational Studies at Universitas Airlangga

Abstractthe whole world has been made aware of the importance of sustaining human life on this earth. The economic improvement felt in the last decade is the result of increasing industrialization around the world. This has a fairly serious impact in terms of natural damage and social life. Fundamental changes are urgently needed to break the chain of socio-environmental damage that threatens the survival of future generations. These fundamental changes can be started from changes in the concept of education. Education is still considered the key to development both in terms of human resources and innovation. Applied education can be a door in the teaching of new abilities and skills based on the SDGs. This study aims to describe the role of applied or vocational education in achieving SGDs. The Faculty of Vocational Studies at Universitas Airlangga can be an example of how applied higher education institutions have the potential to achieve the SDGs goals. Based on the results of our study, it appears that the role of applied educational institutions has the potential to achieve the SDGs targets. The results of this study have a significant impact on future policy directions and institutional development. Keywords: SDGs, higher education institution, sustainable development, thematic analysis.

Devenir étudiant : étude des dynamiques vocationnelles et représentationnelles au cours de la transition lycée-université

These soutenue de 11 decembre 2020 A l’universite Paris Nanterre (Paris 10). Ecole doctorale Connaissance, langage et modelisation (Nanterre) – Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale (EA 4386) Sous la direction d’Isabelle Olry-Louis Composition du jury de soutenance de these M. Pascal Mallet, President du jury, Universite Paris Nanterre Mme Lyda Lannegrand-Willems, Rapporteuse du jury, Universite de Bordeaux M. Jonas Masdonati, Rapporteur du jury, Universite de Lausanne Mme Valerie Cohe...

RAHASIA DAGANG SEBAGAI SALAH SATU PERLINDUNGAN HAK KEKAYAAN INTELEKTUAL DARI HASIL PENELITIAN HIBAH SEKOLAH VOKASI IPB TAHUN 2020

ABSTRACTThe Research results as the result of thoughts from researchers or lecturers need to be protected from harmful fraudulent actions. Protection of the research results also provides motivation for researchers or lecturers to continue working. One form of protection provided is the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Various forms of IPR can be utilized as long as it meets the criteria of the IPR field. The purpose of this study was to determine the form of protection of trade secrets for the Research Results. In addition, to find out the efforts that need to be made to fulfill trade secret requirements. This research is normative legal research with a qualitative approach. 
 The Research results of The College of Vocational Studies IPB University’s lecturer who research grants in 2020 that can be given protection as trade secrets. The Research results can be protected as trade secrets if they meet the criteria that the research results are confidential information in the field of technology and/or business, have economic value and are kept confidential by researchers or lecturers. To maintain the confidentiality of the research results, efforts were made such as providing a password, writing the word "Secret", storing documents in a safe place, making a confidentiality agreement and inserting a confidentiality clause in the license agreement.

DAYA TERIMA KONSUMEN TERHADAP HIDANGAN UTAMA DI KANTIN SEHATI SEKOLAH VOKASI IPB

ABSTRACTThe main purpose of this study is to examine the consumer's acceptability to the main dish in the Sehati Canteen College of Vocational Studies IPB University, by comparing the consumer's acceptability between chicken katsu and chicken teriyaki dishes served. Main course (main course) is a staple dish of a complete menu arrangement served at lunch anddinner,the portion size is larger than the appetizer (appetizer). The main course or main course of Japan consists of a bowl of rice(gohan), a bowl of miso soup(miso shiru),pickled vegetables(tsukemono) and fish or meat. Similar to in Indonesia, rice is a staple food of the Japanese people. The most popular Japanese main course among teenagers today is Chicken katsu and Chicken teriyaki.
 Chicken katsu is a famous dish from sakura country with the basic ingredients of chicken meat wrapped in flour so that the texture is crispy outside and soft inside. Chicken teriyaki is one of the typical Japanese food made from chicken breast in fillets and then diced or elongated, cooked with teriyaki sauce. Preparation to make the main course in the Sehati Canteen College of Vocational Studies IPB University consists of preparation of tools and preparation of ingredients. The main dish processing procedure is divided into staple food processing, animal side dishes and vegetable dishes. The preparation stage is done to make chicken katsu,chicken is reported before processing while at the preparatory stage of making chicken teriyaki,chicken, rice, and salad are reported in a ripe state. The main dish favorite test was conducted organoleptic test with panelists who came from healthy canteen consumers. Based on the results of the favorite test and the results of the output of statistical analysis obtained that the panelists prefer chicken katsu dishes in terms of appearance, color, taste, texture and shape compared to chicken teriyaki.

Course Scheduling Information System Using Genetic Algorithms

University X is a private university which has 8 faculties, namely Economics, Engineering, Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Fikes, Law, Islam and Vocational Studies. One of the leading study programs at the University X is the Informatics Engineering Study Program at the Faculty of Engineering which is currently experiencing problems when the process of dividing space and hour schedules is still manual.The problems that arise include the accumulation of lecture hours for a lecturer who takes more than one course. Another problem is the disruption of the lecture process at the beginning of the semester due to the tentative scheduling system. The preparation of lecture schedules at the Faculty of Engineering, University X is still done semi-manually using Microsoft Excel, so it will take several days to make a schedule. Meanwhile, making a schedule must be done quickly and optimally because it is used for lecture activities, the solution that can overcome the above problems is by creating a Course Scheduling Information System Using Genetic Algorithms.
 The genetic algorithm is one of the most appropriate algorithms used in solving complex optimization problems, which are difficult to do with conventional methods. The nature of genetic algorithms is looking for possibilities from potential solutions to get the optimal for solving problems. The scope of all viable solutions, i.e. the objects between matching solutions, is called the search space. Each point in the search space represents a viable solution.
 The limitations of the built problem are: This system is operated by the administrative staff of the study program at the Faculty of Engineering, University X. This system is made using the Codeigniter framework, Responsive Bootstrapping (display) and MySQL as the database and the method used by this system is the genetic algorithm method.
 The final result of this research is that it is helpful and easy to apply as a tool in helping the optimization process of lecture scheduling in order to minimize schedule collisions in lectures at the Faculty of Engineering, University X

New configurations of labour insertion processes. The case of secondary technical and vocational education and training students in Chile

AbstractThis article presents the results of a longitudinal study that followed a sample of 1011 young people who completed their secondary technical and vocational education and training studies in Chile between 2011 and 2016. It adopts a mixed design that combines both quantitative and qualitative methodological strategies to analyse transitions and post‐study trajectories. Analysis has helped to identify the prevalence of non‐linear and unstructured transitions to the labour market. It has also shown the existence of education‐work links and employment alternatives that are generated in certain sectors as well as identified how these give rise to specific opportunity structures that affect on aspirations and career pathways. Results indicate that graduates of the industrial area of study experience more substantive educational integration and labour links following course completion due to greater levels of alignment between their training and the productive demands of the industrial sectors. However, their experiences over the medium term are fragmented and, thus, reflect those of their peers from other areas.

Impulse zur Stärkung der Gesundheitsförderung an Hochschulen

HintergrundDas Präventionsgesetz verpflichtet seit 2015 die Sozialversicherungsträger die Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung in der Lebenswelt Hochschule insbesondere für Studierende durch Maßnahmen und Strukturbildung inhaltlich und finanziell zu unterstützen. Der bundesweite Arbeitskreis Gesundheitsfördernde Hochschulen hat sich an diesen Prozessen beteiligt und auf Basis 5‑jähriger Erfahrungen Bilanz gezogen. Das darauf basierende Strategiepapier mit den Handlungsempfehlungen wird in Auszügen vorgestellt.ZielDer Beitrag zielt darauf ab, die komplexen Strukturen und Entwicklungen im Kontext des Präventionsgesetzes darzulegen und die an der Schnittstelle Hochschule noch nicht umgesetzten Vorgaben aufzuzeigen. Im Fokus steht die Realisierung der erarbeiteten Handlungsempfehlungen auf Ebene der Bundesländer und die gezielte Ansprache der verantwortlichen Akteure einschließlich der Hochschulen und Studierendenwerke.Material und MethodenAus amtlichen Statistiken (Hochschulstatistik, Finanzergebnisse der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung) sowie mit einer literatur- und internetbasierten Bestandsaufnahme werden die Handlungsempfehlungen der „Gesundheitsförderungsstrategie 2019–2022 für Hochschulen“ (Stand: Januar 2020) aktualisiert.Ergebnisse und FazitDie Analyse zur Umsetzung des Präventionsgesetzes zeigt für die Lebenswelt Hochschulen eine Reihe von bisher nicht realisierten Vorgaben. Dazu gehören die fehlende Zusammenarbeit der Sozialversicherungsträger und die Realisierung der gemeinsam beschlossenen Handlungsfelder (z. B. Gesundheitskompetenz) für Studierende. Auf Ebene der 16 Bundesländer ist Hochschule als Lebenswelt in den Landesrahmenvereinbarungen nicht berücksichtigt worden. Eine Ursache ist die fehlende Einordnung der jungen Erwachsenen in eine eigene Lebensphase: „Gesund in Ausbildung und Studium“.

EPortfolio as a Tool to Support Competency Development in Hybrid Learning

This article presents a research-based study of the role of ePortfolios in the development of vocational students' skills. The authors discuss the process of finding a hybrid learning solution that can address the issues faced by vocational teachers and their students. The authors report on a case study using educational design research (EDR) at the Sámi Education Institute in northern Finland. Data were gathered from students in reindeer herding entrepreneurship and nature guide study programs using interviews, focus group discussions, and the feedback collected from workshops. Based on the findings of the initial workshops, ePortfolios were chosen as a tool for students to develop their vocational proficiency and showcase their academic activities. According to the feedback, ePortfolios potentially promote meaningful vocational study, particularly in the context of changing conditions when the student is far away from campus. The successful use of ePortfolios requires cooperation between students and teachers and commitment to support changes in the learning culture.

Burnout syndrome in Spanish medical students

BackgroundBurnout syndrome is a frequent syndrome related to people that feel a deterioration in their daily activities due to highly demandant psychological requirements in their workplaces. Within last decades, this syndrome has been studied across medical professionals, concluding that stress levels that physicians suffer is high enough to make them develop burnout syndrome. In the case of medical students, there are some recent studies, although with small samples. For this reason, given that this phenomenon may produce a huge impact in medical students’ development, the aim of this study is to analyze the influential factors that may contribute to its occurrence.MethodsThe necessary information was gathered through a web-based questionnaire, divided in two parts. The first part of the survey included questions related to personal aspects of the students. Burnout related questions (second part) were divided in three subscales to evaluate exhaustion, cynicism, and academic efficacy levels.ResultsFamily support for studying medicine is associated with lower burnout levels in all three scales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The number of years spent in the degree show the opposite trend: the more years in the degree, the higher score in all burnout scales.ConclusionsBurnout syndrome is a problem among medical students in Spain that increases with the number of years studying medicine. It should be also noticed that family support and vocational studies are independent factors related to lower levels of burnout.

Digital Literacy Competencies of Mechanical Engineering Vocational Education Teacher Candidates

The era of the Industrial revolution 4.0 collaborates on cyber technology and automation technology. Rapid changes due to the 4.0 industrial revolution, require anticipatory steps by the government through increasing the quality of education. Preparing a great generation who has competencies as capital to anticipate the 4.0 industrial revolution, the 21st-century learning education. One of the competencies expected for 21st-century learning is digital literacy skills. Therefore, this study aims to determine the ability of prospective teachers prepared by the Mechanical Engineering Vocational Study Program, Sarjanawiyata University. The population of prospective teachers is students who have implemented teaching practices in schools in the 2019/2020 school year. Quantitative research with descriptive method approach. Data analysis with the percentage of students who use and integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in learning during practical field experience (PPL). The results obtained conclude that digital literacy skills need to be improved, because students in their learning rarely (50%) use and integrate ICT in learning. Because with digital literacy skills students can design learning that facilitates students to think critically, creatively, and innovatively.

The Repair Shop as a Sign of the Cultural Resurgence of Craft and Manual Work

Given the low standing of vocational studies in English education and other systems around the world at the present time, it is refreshing to note the resurgence of interest in craft and manual work. The currently popular BBC programme, The Repair Shop, is a celebration of this renewed interest and offers an especially graphic representation of the virtues and values of craft and handwork. It is suggested that such example of cultural practice can help towards the enhancement of vocational education and training in schools and colleges, and assist in bridging of the divisions between academic and vocational studies at all levels of education systems.

Relationship Between Innovation Activities and Business Performance: A Case Study in Indonesia

The study aims to investigate the relationship between innovation activities and business process performance in higher education institution (hereinafter referred to as “HEI”) context. The data was collected using a survey and later analyzed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLSSEM) and SmartPLS software. A total of 50 questionnaires were submitted from respondents representing vocational study program management located in Makassar, Indonesia. The findings show that two hypotheses discussed in this study fit the empirical data. Specifically, the results show that there is a positive relationship between innovation activities and business process performance, involving two types of innovation activities, which are exploration activities and exploitation activities, within HEIs. Explorative activity is firmly related to exploitative activity, which furthermore links to business process performance within the HEIs observed. The results confirm that exploration activity can stimulate and lead the HEIs management to generate exploitation activity. For instance, capabilities to absorb knowledge from the external institution may lead this institution to generate advanced academic processes, as well as more efficient and effective managerial processes. The study also signifies ambidexterity capacity, suggesting that it may lead HEIs management to formulate proper strategies in achieving better performance and gaining competitive advantage. Keywords: Innovation Activities, Higher Education, Business Process Performance, Ambidexterity Capacity JEL Classification Code: O30, I23, D23

Context and Implications Document for: Recruitment to STEM studies: The roles of curriculum reforms, flexibility of choice, and attitudes

Context and Implications Document for: Recruitment to STEM studies: The roles of curriculum reforms, flexibility of choice, and attitudes

Enhancing students’ critical thinking skills through engagement with innovative pedagogical practices in Global South

ABSTRACT This study shows how HE teachers (particularly, business management and vocational studies) experience the teaching of critical thinking to foster student development of critical thinking skills (CTS) while working across diverse international contexts. Using a qualitative online survey and interview methodologies, we obtained rich information from 55 participants from 26 countries in the Global South including HE teachers who incorporate CTS into their teaching practices and those who had studied and briefly taught in developed countries’ universities where CT is embedded into the HE learning with an understanding of the subject under study. Focusing on three dominant themes from the thematic analysis, we analyze three key approaches that HE teachers can adopt to enhance students’ development of CTS which include: teaching strategies, active learning, setting problem or inquiry. Also, we discuss the perceived challenges that HE teachers may experience in the course of promoting teaching for CTS.

Developing the results of learning megibung for vocational education and culinary arts students

This study aimed at developing teaching materials for the Megibung tradition and determining the feasibility of teaching materials that have been developed according to expert judgment and students at the Vocational Education and Culinary Arts Study Program, Faculty of Engineering and Vocational Studies, Undiksha. This research method applied Research and Development (R&D), begun with a preliminary study followed by a product development and assessment stage. The research subjects were determined using a purposive sampling technique consisting of two expert judgments and 34 students of the Vocational Education and Culinary Arts Study Program (PVSK). Data collection used documentation study techniques and questionnaires. The procedure of this research consisted of the process of preparing the Megibung tradition teaching materials through the following stages: (a) preliminary study, by conducting interviews with the head of the study program. Studied syllabus analysis and analyzed basic competencies in the preparation of teaching materials, (b) collecting learning resources and literature and subject matter to be compiled, (c) drafting the teaching material for the Megibung tradition, (d) limiting trial of the product, (e) widening product trials, (f) data processing and evaluation. The result of this study was the development of teaching materials for the Megibung tradition, namely materials developed from the 2019 curriculum and the syllabus of the Balinese Culinary Course. Teaching materials were developed starting from Balinese culinary material in general, the history of the Megibung tradition, the preparation of tools, ingredients, the spices and processing methods for Megibung dishes, the procedures for serving Megibung and the eating procedures in Megibung.

Effects of reading strategy instruction in English as a second language on students’ academic reading comprehension

The ability to read in a second language (L2) for academic purposes is essential for higher education students. Dutch colleges increasingly use materials in English or teach in English. This can be challenging for L2 readers, especially students entering higher education from vocational studies, who may have less experience with L2 academic reading. Teaching L2 reading programmes containing explicit instruction of reading strategies may benefit higher education students in L2 academic reading, particularly since reading strategies learned in the first language (L1) may not transfer to the L2. In this 7-week L2 reading strategy intervention, 801 first-year polytechnic students learned to use seven reading strategies that were effective according to a meta-analysis of L2 reading strategy studies. Data regarding students reading skills were collected over one academic year, from three treatment waves, using a regression discontinuity design. Three tests of equal difficulty were given to participants. In each wave students completed reading tests several weeks before the intervention, at the beginning and directly after the intervention. Results show that in all three waves the improvement in reading comprehension scores between the second and third measurement (due to the experimental course) significantly exceeded the increase between the first two measurement occasions. Although the intervention was shown to be effective, the effects were to some extent mediated by the previous education level. This study supports the explicit instruction of strategies in L2 reading for students in higher education and welcomes more research into L2 reading strategy interventions for students from vocational backgrounds.

How Schoolmates Affect Your Chances of Getting into College: School Socioeconomic Composition and Inequality in Access to Higher Education

The problem of socioeconomic inequalities in Russian education takes on particular significance in the context of massification and increasingly differential quality of higher education. Relevant research is mostly focused on individual student characteristics and regional aspects. Less often, researchers’ attention is attracted to school factors, such as school socioeconomic composition (SEC) — one of the most powerful school predictors of student achievement. The effect of school composition on students’ educational trajectories remains underinvestigated, although higher education is more important for life chances than school achievement. In the present study, Russian data (the Higher School of Economics’ project Trajectories in Education and Careers) is used for the first time to measure the effect of school SEC on educational choices and chances of getting into college. This effect is analyzed successively for key decisions and outcomes at every stage of long-term educational trajectories. Analysis is performed with due regard to the specifics of Russian education and the sorting of students into the academic and hybrid tracks in pursuit for college degrees. School composition is found to be positively associated with proceeding from middle to high school, obtaining a college degree, and pursuing a Master’s degree. The largest influence of school SEC on college enrollment is observed for students who enroll in vocational studies after middle school. The compositional effect is extremely robust and persists even when student achievement and family characteristics are controlled for. Adding school SEC to the model offsets the effect of individual socioeconomic status on the likelihood of going to college, which means that exclusion of SEC from analysis may lead to invalid inferences in educational research. The effects detected cannot be explained by differences in achievement, so it would be reasonable to explore the social mechanisms behind the compositional effect in further research. School desegregation measures suggested on the basis of prior findings may turn out to be hasty and overly drastic in practice.