CBT in the workplace in Indonesian vocational high school

This study aims to describe the competency-based training (CBT) model in the workplace in vocational high school (VHS) in Indonesia. Students of VHS conduct learning in school and at workplace/industry. A good CBT model will produce skilled vocational graduates, which will reduce unemployment. The method used in this study is research and development by Borg and Gall. Research steps include: preliminary study, development, and testing of students, teachers, and industry mentors totaling 79 people. The finding of this research is that the CBT model implemented in the workplace must meet the following steps: (1) the student must have basic skills as stated in the skill passport, (2) the students choose the location of the practice which already has the memorandum of understanding with the school, (3) VHS assigns students to perform industrial work practice according to their approval from industry, (4) competency based assessment can be done through real work, (5) supervisor industry as an external assessor to test students, and (6) competencies that have been mastered by students recorded in skill passport

Student's Perceptions on the Relevance of a Diploma in an Automotive Curriculum to the Workplace

AbstractThis research compares student preparation to meet workplace needs through a comparative study between TAFE in Australia and Community Colleges in Malaysia. It addresses responses from Malaysian industries that local graduates do not fulfill the needs of industries. The changing nature and demand in the workplace need focusing for the future workforce. It is important to ensure the future worker can cope with the new technologies. The purpose of this study is to investigate student preparation in mechanical engineering (automotive) and whether they meet workplace needs. The study aims to explore and compare the needs of automotive industries and the educational approaches employed to produce highly skilled workers in both countries. A mixed- method research approach was used to develop an insight to stakeholders’ perspectives: students, educators and employers. There were 152 participants: 113 students, 30 lecturers and nine employers. The data generated represents a comprehensive review through case study. The findings provide an insight of the stakeholders’ view of a variety of needs; commensurate in developing a technician labour force. The key issues include the update of training facilities, relevance of curriculum content, technological advancement in the automotive industry, and collaboration between educational institutions and the automotive industry. The study also identified gaps in the qualifications and experiences of teacher: especially inadequate experience, knowledge and skills with current technologies for the automotive industry. On this issue of imperatives for economic growth, the programs reviewed in this study in both Malaysia and Australia are commercial activities designed for profit of the training providers and the automotive industries. The best practices from the training providers could be improved by directly involving stakeholders in the curriculum design activities. This may include implementing customized programs that support local priorities; economic, social and environmental

Greening the Curricular of Building Construction Trade for Environmental Sustainability Through Fostering Waste Minimisation Skills

Waste minimisation skills became the subject of this research because construction industry generates lots of waste during and after construction. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was to develop a conceptual model for integrating waste minimisation skills in Building Construction Trade (BCT) at technical colleges in Nigeria. This paper is aimed at exploring the negative effects of building construction wastes to environmental sustainability and identifying, using questionnaire through experts in building construction the important areas of waste minimisation skills suitable to be embedded into the curricular of building construction trade.  Analysis of the identified important areas via Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to analyse the data which will immensely contribute to the body of knowledge. The findings for this study include ability to manage waste, including custom diversion plans tailored to the project opportunities; consider that the selection and use of recyclable materials and products to minimise waste; and recycle waste generated from the process of intentional dismantling all or portions of a building. Using the results of the analysis, the research formulates a waste minimisation skills integration model, while Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to validate the modified model and viable suggestions were made to the government for the adoption and practical implementation of the model by fostering the identified areas of the waste minimisation skills elements into the curriculum of building construction trade at technical colleges in Nigeria with the aimed for the  environmental sustainability

Re-equipping Academic Research for Sustainable Technical and Vocational Education to Accelerate National Development

Developing relevant skills for economic transformation is the key issue facing many developing nations. This study aims to re-equip academic research for sustainable technical vocational education for national development. Therefore, conducting knowledge sharing through academic research brings together practitioners around sustainable technical and vocational education to accelerate national economic development. The research focuses on academic research as a best practice for supporting long-term technical vocational education to improve technical vocational education in a rapidly changing world. Therefore, this study examines the challenges and strategies to revitalize academic research for sustainable technical vocational education. There were also suggestions to improve academic research for long-term technical and vocational education to accelerate national development. Keywords: academic research, sustainable technical vocational education, and national development. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-16-02 Publication date:June 30th 202

Integration Factors of Green Skills into Building Construction Trade Programme in Nigeria

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) remains a vital tool for skilling young individuals both in and out of school. However, it appears that there has been a lack of research especially in the building construction sector with respect to green buildings in Nigeria. The main purpose of this research paper is to identify factors should be included in the greening of building construction trade curriculum of technical colleges in north western Nigeria with a view to improving teaching and learning green skills for sustainable development. In this study, simple random sampling was used to select 15 building construction teachers in the north western Nigerian technical colleges. Data for this study were collected using qualitative approach (that is interview). Respondents were requested to answer the interview questions based on the topic under study. The factors (data) identified from the perception of the respondents were collected and analysed by qualitative means based on their level of  consideration with regards to improving teaching and learning green skills for sustainable development. In doing so, the data were analysed by transcription, coding, content analysis and thematic with the aid of Nvivo statistical software. Findings indicated that the three main factors that could be included in the integration of green skills into the curriculum of building construction trade include environmental, economic and social factors. Specifically, these factors were disintegrated into climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emission, economic instability, health and safety issues related to buildings, waste and energy in buildings. This research forms the initial investigation of a more in-depth study of the green skills integration into the Nigerian education curriculum, which aims to achieving environmental, economic and social sustainability

Effective strategies for integrating project based learning into woodwork technology education and understanding at tertiary institutes in Nigeria

The purpose of this examination is to research viable methodologies for incorporating Project based Learning (PoBL) in instructing and learning Woodwork Technology Education (WTE) at tertiary foundations in Nigeria. A mixed method approach including both quantitative and subjective technique was utilized for the investigation. The example of the examination involved 50 in-administration postgraduate understudies from Nigerian tertiary foundations concentrating Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in University Teknologi Malaysia for the quantitative perspective, and 9 inadministration post graduate understudies for the subjective part. A 16-thing organized poll was utilized for quantitative information accumulation while semi organized meeting convention was utilized for subjective information gathering. Quantitative information was investigated utilizing SPSS programming variant 24 to process the rate and intend to demonstrate the degree of understanding or difference on things of the survey. NVIVO 12 was utilized for subjective data examination. Member check and pear questioning were utilized to build up the reliability of the interview convention. The principle discoveries of the examination uncovered that PoBL has not been embraced in WTE educating and learning at tertiary establishments of Nigeria, and the conventional instructional methodology including lecture, demonstration and task have been the instructional methodologies received. It was additionally uncovered from the discoveries that rebuilding of WTE educational plan at tertiary organizations in Nigeria to concentrate on a student focused methodology, just as sorting out courses and workshops for WTE speakers to be familiar with the utilization of PoBL in WTE instructing and learning as a component of the successful techniques for incorporating PoBL in instructing and learning WTE at tertiary establishments in Nigeria. PoBL is appropriate in the instructional procedures of courses like WTE which include intellectual and psychomotor aptitude procurement. At long last, the deficiencies of studies identifying with PobL in Nigeria illuminates the need to attempt this examination in WTE at tertiary organizations

Massive open online courses (MOOCS): systematic literature review in Malaysian higher education

This study provided a systematic and organized review of 32 studies regarding using of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Ma-laysian higher education from 2012 to 2017. This paper conducted an analysis of studies dedicated of using (MOOCs) for learning on the basis of certain dimensions namely, journal, country, author, year of publication, research methods, type of respondents, the models, and the theories. The findings obtained revealed that the interest on the topic has shown an increasing trend over recent years that it has ultimately become a well-known topic for academic research in the future. Nevertheless, to boost and enhance the using (MOOCs) for learning, it is important that future studies apply considerable use of theoretical and methodological approaches like the qualitative methods to examine the factors it will encourage students to use (MOOCs)

Strategies for Improving Higher Order Thinking Skills in Teaching and Learning of Design and Technology Education

Higher order thinking skills (HOTS) should be an integral part of teaching and learning especially at the higher education level. Thinking skills lessons should be part of the curriculum if students are to solve problems individually, cooperatively and creatively. Teachers on the other hand must be conversant with relevant techniques needed for teaching higher order thinking. An in-depth review of literature reveals that teachers are faced with the problem of how to prepare and teach higher order thinking skills in design and technology education. This paper is a library based work; and data were collected from textbooks, journal articles and internet search. The paper critically examined existing practices in the teaching of higher order thinking skills in design and technology education. Some of the key features mentioned were the use of concept, inferences, visualization, and schemas, among others. Recommendations for practice change were made regarding the development of HOTS. &nbsp

Pendidikan teknikal dan latihan vokasional ke arah pemupukan kemahiran generik hijau

Kemajuan ekonomi negara haruslah diimbangi dengan pemeliharaan dan pemuliharaan alam sekitar. Justeru itu dalam menyokong pertumbuhan ekonomi hijau, negara memerlukan sumber manusia yang dilengkapi dengan kemahiran bukan teknikal atau kemahiran generik. Ini kerana negara amat bergantung kepada keupayaan generasi muda yang berkebolehan bagi memenuhi kehendak industri yang memerlukan tenaga kerja mahir, berpendidikan dan berkualiti (Siti Nur Rohazrien, 2013). Dalam konteks kelestarian alam sekitar, kemahiran ini disebut sebagai kemahiran generik hijau yang merupakan value added kepada kemahiran generik sedia ada. Pendidikan teknikal dan latihan vokasional (PTLV) merupakan platform yang mampu mendorong sumber manusia ke arah kelestarian. Semakin banyak seseorang pekerja itu mendapat pendedahan berkenaan konsep kelestarian, maka semakin banyak kesedaran yang mereka peroleh untuk melakukan perubahan sikap dan tingkah laku di tempat kerja yang dapat menyokong kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi hijau. Kertas kerja ini membincangkan secara terperinci mengenai peranan pendidikan teknikal dan latihan vokasional dalam menjayakan pembangunan lestari dan kepentingan komponen kemahiran generik hijau dalam sukatan kurikulum PTLV

Vocational Colleges Curricula: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and Nigeria

The aims of Vocational Colleges (VCs) are to give training and impart necessary skills leading to the production of craftsmen who will be enterprising and self-reliant. Many developing countries face the problem of unemployment among graduates; this may not be far from curricula modules mismatching job requirements. The scenario of low participation of private sector in skills development of graduates exists in Nigeria as a result of which the needs of local industries is not met. The objective of this paper is to compare the curriculum framework, courses/subjects-matter, aims, modes of transaction, and evaluation strategies in VCs in Malaysia and Nigeria. The methodology used in this study involved gathering previous studies on comparative analysis in education through Google Scholar, Science Direct, and JSTOR. Related Procedia were also retrieved from Elsevier. Literatures show that students have to adapt with 21st century knowledge, skills, innovative practice and competence as key points to job creation and wealth generation. The findings of this paper show that the curriculum structures in VCs in Malaysia are more updated than in Nigeria. However, curricula in VCs in Malaysia and Nigeria still need some improvements in entrepreneurship skills. This is necessary for effective transmission of knowledge and skills from school to work environment in the 21st century