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Obviously, this view will require new philosophy and practices in educating future workforces.
Also, we are all aware that the future is still uncertain and the pace of change becomes faster and faster. Therefore, it is also important that vocational education and
training institutions prepare workforces with strong broad-based, multi-skilled, flexibleadaptive skills, technology-literate, entrepreneurial skills, and good desirable
personal characters that can be seen from the capacity of solving problems, ability to work in teams, and learning how to learn, to mention just a few. The rapid changes
around us also push more and more in the direction of lifelong learning, where the distinction between initial and continuing education disappear.
G. Strategy for Implementing Workplace Personal Character Education Programs
As cited from the above literatures USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries have embarked new policy of education in general and vocational
education and training in specific, that is, developing workplace skills. In Indonesia, 1994 was the time when major policy shift on education and training was embarked in
order education and training in Indonesian school-based systems contributes to the smooth transition of graduates from school to work. Obviously, personal character
required by the workplace was one of the major policy shifts, in which, developing work attitudes was the major challenge.
This major policy shift is called LINK and MATCH. Within the education establishment schools must LINK with the world of work, and MATCH the quantitave
and qualitative requirements that stem from this world of work Ministry of Education and Culture, 1994. Later on, in 1997, the Taskforce was formed where I was a member
of that Taskforce. The Taskforce was then produced A WHITE PAPER called SKILLS TOWARD 2020. This major policy shift in Indonesian vocational education and
training system is now still used stir the development of vocational education and training institutions in Indonesia.
The WHITE PAPER suggest that demand-driven vocational education and training system guided by labor market signals and competency standards required by
the workplaces was used as reference for developing vocational education and training system. Experiential learning was then introduced intensively with its different
alternative models such as dual system, apprenticeship, cooperative learning, industrial
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experience, entrepreneurships and teaching factory were introduced massively throughout the country. The idea is good, but as many academicians and practitioners
criticized, the devil is at the details of implementation.
Regardless of the criticisms, LINK and MATCH is still strongly used as a guide to develop vocational education and training in Indonesia. Related to personal character
development in vocational education and training i9nstitutions, the following 12 salient points may be used as considerations:
1. Teaching for what, dealing with the objective of personal character development;
2. What to teach, dealing with curriculum teaching materials; 3. Teaching for whom, dealing with student characteristics;
4. What types of teaching-learning process, dealing with types and forms of
teaching; 5. Who will teach, dealing with the qualification and competent teachers;
6. How to teach effectively and efficiently, dealing with strategies and methods of teaching;
7. How to manage the classroom and laboratory, dealing with class room and laboratory management;
8. With what to teach, dealing with teaching-learning media; 9. Where to teach, dealing with the settingcontexts;
10. How to evaluate, dealing with student evaluation; 11. How long to teach, dealing duration of teaching; and
12. How to use time effectively, dealing with time on task
The seminar participants may add more on the list because these are not the only.
H. Summing up
