Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 373-377
Vocational Training for Woman: Designing for Work Competency\
Yanti Shantini
Department of Community Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia.
Jl. DR. Setiabudhi No.229, Isola, Sukasari, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat 40154, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
Women's working competency to improve their economic well-being has become a major issue in developing countries. This study aims to investigate how does education institution enhance women's competency in workplace. Competency is manifested by a person's skills, knowledge, behavior, attitudes, motivates and talents, which found to be distinguished between those who are successful or average at work. The standard work competencies must be achieved by a learner as it will determine the behavior and performance of a person based on predefined measurement criteria. The result shows that most training institutions only prepare a curriculum for learners who will work as an employee but not prepare the curriculum for the students who will work as an entrepreneur. The competencies established for a woman who will work as an employee determined by the apprenticeship place and training Institute that arrange the material according to the needs of workplace, however, for learners who will work as entrepreneurs the competencies have not specifically defined. This research show there is an implication on the partnership between educational institution and the business world in designing competency-based learning material in accordance with the job order analysis and identification of the needs to develop self-directed learning habit for women who aim to work as an entrepreneur.
Key words: Woman, Competency, Entrepreneurship.
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