Proceedings of the 3rd UPI International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training

The Role of Work-Based Learning in Building Employability Skills of Vocational Education Students

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Kokom Komariah
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Kokom Komariah
Available Online February 2015.
DOI
10.2991/ictvet-14.2015.25How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Work-based learning, employability skills
Abstract

The incompatibility between educational outcomes with the need of workforce is predicted due to the mismatch of workforce needs with the qualifications of produced graduates. Therefore, the learning in vocational programs must be able to give the solution. Work-Based Learning (WBL) is one of the learning in vocational education proved greatly effective to build the students’ employability skills. The purposes of this writing are: (1) to reveal the importance of WBL in vocational education, (2) The effectiveness of WBL in building the employability skills of vocational education students in culinary department. Work-based learning models that used in this study is the model with the context of WBL Food Processing developed by Kokom Komariah (2013). The method used to see the effectiveness of the model with the observation sheet . The subject of this research consist of 40 students. Data were analyzed using descriptive quantitative. WBL is a bridge between the worlds of education and work. Buildable aspects of employability skills for vocational education students are dependability of working, the ability to cooperate, making judgments, initiative, interest, independence, politeness, discipline, and the ability to react to criticisms and suggestions. Therefore, WBL is a suitable learning or training method to produce excellent, skilled, and well-prepared workforces.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd UPI International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
February 2015
ISBN
10.2991/ictvet-14.2015.25
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ictvet-14.2015.25How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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