Teaching Factory for Improving Students- Entrepreneurship and Competency: An Empirical Study
Widiyanti (a*), Ahmad Hadi Cahyono (a), Roswina Dianawati (b)
a) Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Malang
Semarang Road 5, Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia 65145
*widiyanti.ft[at]um.ac.id
b) Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Daxue Road 123 Sec. 3 , Douliu, Yunlin, Taiwan 64002
Abstract
Preparing competent human resources can be conducted through vocational high school (VHS). Even so, in 2018 VHS graduates contributed the highest unemployment rate with 9.27% of the total unemployment rate. To overcome the problem that the VHS graduates number is not proportional to the jobs available annually, entrepreneurship is one rational solution. This is the requisite reason for the government to implement teaching factory program at VHS. This study aimed to promote the VHS students- entrepreneurial spirit as well as improve productive competencies through implementation of teaching factory. As the quantitative method was used, the data was gathered from 108 students of Light Vehicle Engineering in State VHS 10 Malang through questionnaires and documentation. As the test results, teaching factory enhance the students- entrepreneurial spirit was shown as the sig. value 0.046<0.05 and increase the outcome in productive courses as the ig. value 0.036<0.05. In conclusion, the teaching factory program implemented in State VHS 10 Malang grow the students- entrepreneurship mindset as well as boost their productive competences.
Keywords: Teaching Factory; Entrepreneurship; Vocational Competencies.
Topic: Technical and Vocational Education