Building entrepreneurship readiness of vocational students through values-based education in Indonesia

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Hardi Santosa, Agus Basuki, Anas Salahudin

2020 International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change Vol. 13 Issue 2 Article Cited by 3 Quartile

Abstract

The main goals of a vocational educational institution are to prepare students to enter the workforce and to develop the professional attitude, to prepare students to be able to choose their careers, to be ready for competition, to be ready for selves' development, and to be independence. Moreover, value-based education efforts are directed at humanising humans. Learners are not only oriented to have work skills but also to have more than that. They have to have the right attitude (wisdom) based on ethics and morality to face the business competition era. This study aims to obtain a picture of entrepreneurship readiness for vocational students based on educational values. The research method used in this study is descriptive-analytic. Quantitative and qualitative data are used to support each other in this study. The study sample included 60 vocational students, 30 students in Bandung, and 30 students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected by administering scale entrepreneurship readiness, observation, interviews, and documentary studies. The results showed: entrepreneurship readiness profile of students in the category of ready to go very prepared. © 2020 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.

Affiliations

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; UIN Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung, Indonesia