A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN TROUBLE. THE THING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUTH EDUCATION CHOICES

Author(s):  
Joanna Kozielska

The main topic of this study was the educational and professional choices of junior high school students in the context of the situation on the local labor market. Attention was also paid to the depreciated face of vocational education and its changes over the years. The article also presents the opinions of students and employers about the vocational school and a list of its main problems

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthia Muthia ◽  
Djuniadi Djuniadi ◽  
I Made Sudana

Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu menghasilkan produk media informasi pravokasional untuk siswa SMP, mengetahui kevalidan media informasi pravokasional dalam memberikan pengetahuan dan pemahaman kepada siswa SMP serta mengetahui kepraktisan penerapan media informasi pravokasional dalam memberikan pengetahuan dan pemahaman pada siswa SMP untuk melanjutkan studi ke SMK. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Research and Development. Hasil penelitian ini menjelaskan dengan jenis media informasi berbasis WEB dapat diakses dengan mudah oleh pengguna yaitu siswa SMP. Hasil validasi materi dan validasi media dari masing-masing pakar menyebutkan persentase kevalidan materi sebesar 77% dan persentase kevalidan media sebesar 82%. Ini menyimpulkan bahwa pengembangan media informasi pravokasional Sangat Valid. Kepraktisan dari produk ini sebesar 34,5 dan memiliki kriteria sangat baik. Simpulan dari penelitian ini adalah media informasi pravokasional yang dikembangkan dinyatakan valid dan layak menurut penilaian pakar. Media informasi pravokasional untuk siswa SMP yang dikembangkan memiliki nilai keefektifan dan kepraktisan yang tinggi, karena media tersebut dapat membantu siswa dalam memahami dan mengetahui program studi SMK secara mandiri.The purpose of this study was to produced pre-vocational information media product for junior high school students, to found out pre-vocational information media in giving understanding and knowledge for junior high school students, and also to find out in applying pre-vocational information media in giving understanding and knowledge for junior high school to continue their study at vocational school. Research and development method was used in this study. The result of this study explained the kinds of WEB based information media. Which could be accessed easily by junior high school students. The percentage of material and media validity from the expert was 77% and the percentage of media validity was 82%. It could be summarized that pe-vocational media information was very valid. Practically of this product was 34,5 and had good criteria. The result of this pre-vocational information media study which could be developed was valid and suitable based on expert opinion. Pre-vocational information media for junior high school students had practically and effectively higher value, because that media could help the student in understanding the study program at vocational school by them selves.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Kozielska

The proposed text is an illustration of selected conclusions from a four-module research project conducted in one of the Wielkopolska counties. The aim of the empirical verification was to: make the educational and professional characteristics of the junior high school plans, get acquainted with the opinions of the employers on the situation in the local labor market, get acquainted with the plans connected with the employment of employees, get acquainted with the preparation of graduates of particular types of schools to meet the opinion of the directors of post-gymnasium schools on the state of the vocational education and to get acquainted with the opinions of the students of the upper secondary school classes on the situation on the labor market, the offer of vocational education and the self-assessment of preparation to enter the labor market. The research was conducted in the first quarter of 2016 and 2017, by the diagnostic survey method. The article is based on one of the study modules – a study of middle school students that was conducted in 2016 – the findings from the 2017 study will be cited in some places for comparative purposes only. Due to the specificity of the research topic, the selection of the research sample was random. High school students (N = 486 in 2016 and N = 490 in 2017), upper secondary school students (N = 503 – 2016 and N = 498 – 2017), upper secondary school graduates (N = 6 in 2016 and 2017 ) and the largest employers (N = 78 in 2016, N = 102 in 2017). In this project the diagnostic survey method was used as the basis. The method used to analyze the contents was made using the local traditional (printed) and internet press and the thematic work edited by the County Labor Office in Gniezno and other institutions. The main topic of this paper was the educational and vocational elections of junior high school students in the context of the situation on the local labor market (which, as it turns out, does not correspond to its needs), revealing weaknesses in vocational counseling. Regarding the specific nature of the region, attention has also been paid to the face (as opposed to the offer) of vocational education (depicted in the vocational school 2017/2018) depreciated in the eyes of the local community, which in the reality of the local labor market seems to be a rational educational choice without causing closure Road to higher education. The dissertation on vocational education has been made an additional element of publication.


Author(s):  
Anggita Kasanra Lubis And Rafika Dewi Nasution

Reading is the basic in learning every subject. The more understanding the text, the more information students can gain. However, the reading materials that the students use is not appropriate based on syllabus. Therefore, the reading materials should be developed to fulfil the syllabus and the students' needs also. Because English is included Content Area Reading, so the development of reading materials is based on content area which focus on strengthen the vocabularies, specifically the unfamiliar ones, by giving glossary and related pictures. The developed text is only focus in the first semester which is descriptive and recount text. The research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Medan. The data was taken from interviewing the English teacher and distributing questionnaires for 30 students in grade VIII-4. The data showed that students need materials which is related to their environment and constructed by familiar vocabularies. Based on the result of the study, conclusion and suggestion are directed to the English teacher who is teaching in that school to provide reading materials based on syllabus and students' needs regularly.


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