THE ROLE OF THEACHING FACTORY UNIT IN THE TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BY CECEP SUHARTA VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TEMANGGUNG CENTRAL JAVA INDONESIA

A. Generally Vocational high school is a school specialized to prepare the students to be productive, highly self independent and professional people in which the industrial need. They also can fulfill the needs of human resource suited with their competence which they have studied. The various methods, kinds of strategies and learning approaches have been applied to get the outcome maximally, ever though the result has not shown satisfying.

A. Generally The more next step in the future for the learning process at vocational high school is continually effort to find the most effective method, strategy and learning process approach to be applied for preparing the graduate with sufficient competence suited with industrial need

B. THE PROBLEM Some problems of vocational high school faced with, such as : The graduates of vocational high school has not been optimally accepted as the human resources in industry and entrepreneurship. The interest and ability of the graduates to develop entrepreneurship needs to be gained. The productivity of the graduates has not been optimal. There is a discrepancy between the learning process and the real work in industry. The decrease of interesting in learning at vocational high school

C. Alternative solution One of the solution to answer the matter is applying the method, strategy, and approach in learning process at vocational high school oriented to the needs of industry world. It is hoped that this approach will activate the environment of learning process as like in the industrial world. So that, the graduates will not be surprised with the real world environment. The conducted alternative solution in vocational high school is applying of Teaching Factory learning process (TEFA)

D. The conceptual of tefa 1. Teaching factory is the real learning process concept, so it will bridge the discrepancy of competence between industrial world need and the learning process at school. Innovative and productive instructional technology is the conceptual of instructional method oriented with students arrangement management in order to matched with industrial world’s need. (IGI, 2007).

D. The conceptual of tefa 2. The method in Teaching Factory learning process is the combination of Competence Based Training (CBT) and Production Based Training (PBT), in which the process of instruction includes the competencies and skill set and conducted with procedure and standard in line with the demanded industrial world. 3. Teaching Factory learning is the model of learning process based on product and service with the environment of real industrial world

E. The Purpose of Tefa LEARNING Giving the graduates attitude, knowledge and skill. Assisting the students selecting the job as their competence. Preparing the graduates of vocational high school to be human resource and entrepreneur. Developing the creativity of graduates. Assisting the graduates to cooperate with industrial world.

F. benefits Gaining more professionally graduates through modern manufacture, so that they will be more competitive in real world. Pointing the solution to the students properly about the change of technology dynamics continually. There will be the process of technology transfer between teacher and students. The students self confident will be improved and more high risk taking. The students entrepreneurship will improve better.

G. The steps of tefa The implementation of teaching factory is based on the Teaching Factory syntax guidance published from the Education Directorate of Vocational High School. The steps are : 1. Designing a Product The students design a new product / developing the product manually or based on computer

G. The steps of tefa 2. Making a Prototype The students make a product teste as prototype. 3. Validating and Verifying Prototype The students test the validation and verification of the tester to proceed the suitability of product 4. Massive Production The students make the schedule and the quantity product as it is planned.

G. The steps of tefa Another syntax of teaching factory (Hidayat, 2011) is as follows : 1. Taking the order In this learning step, the students has a role as the order receiver. There will be a communication between the order giver / client and the students related to the specifications of product and complaints about the product. 2. Analyzing the order In this learning step, the students has role as a technician. He analyzes the ordered product related to the service about the details, the specifications, the material and time process under the teacher’s supervision as the supervisor.

G. The steps of tefa 3. Stating Ready To Execute Order The student state their readiness to conduct the order based on the result of analysis and their competence. So, it will motivate them to be responsible. 4. Doing The Order Conducting the order as the job specification resulted from the process of order analysis. They should obey the safety work and its procedure to produce the product as the client order.

G. The steps of tefa 5. Evaluating The Product Assessing the product / service through comparing the product / service with the specifications ordered by the clients 6. Order Delivery The student deliver the order either the product or service after checking all specifications completed. So, there will be a productive communication

H. Conclusion Teaching learning process based on Teaching Factory is able to bridge the learning process at vocational high school and the real job and industrial world. Teaching learning process based on Teaching Factory enable the graduates more professional due to sharpness of competence mastery and more adaptable to the industrial world.

I. Suggestions To the vocational high school which has not applied Teaching Factory yet, it is an alternative to apply To the vocational high school which has applied Teaching Factory, it is possible to develop more representative

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