Developing Soft Skills Learning Model for Mechanical Engineering Students Vocational High School

DOI

10.2991/ictvet-18.2019.16How to use a DOI?

Keywords

soft skills; MP2S6P; research and development

Abstract

This research was based on the very low competency of soft skills acquired by graduates of Mechanical Engineering of Vocational High School performed at workplaces. The objectives of the research were to identify specific soft skills that should be mastered by students of Mechanical engineering and to develop instructional models to teach the soft skills. The research consisted of two parts: (1) to identify soft skills needed by students of Mechanical by using engineering survey and questionnaire, (2) to develop instructional models to teach soft skills, followed a modified Borg & Gail design through R&D research design. The instructional models were called six principles of soft skills instructional models, or MP2S6P. The effectiveness of the model of an experiment was conducted through a posttest-only control group design. Based on the research findings, there are 27 soft skills that should be mastered by students of Mechanical Engineering. The application of the developed MP26P model resulted in significant achievement which was better than by using conventional instruction towards the students at Mechanical Engineering Department. The teachers and students have positive perceptions about the MP2S6P model. Based on the results, it can be recommended that MP2S6P should be developed and used in teaching necessary soft skills in Vocational High Schools.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Suryo Hartanto
AU  - Asrul Huda
AU  - Ratih Fordiana
PY  - 2019/02
DA  - 2019/02
TI  - Developing Soft Skills Learning Model for Mechanical Engineering Students Vocational High School
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th UPI International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ICTVET 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 69
EP  - 72
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/ictvet-18.2019.16
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