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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
I have shared with you some of my pertinent ideas on how develop personal characters education in vocational education and training institutions. Within a dynamic
environment, a premium is placed on developing workforce on the workplace know- how, smart mind, good heart personal character, healthy physics, and consequently
good behaviors, where the personal character is the focal point of this seminar paper. The major challenge to face is how to reach consensus among vocational education and
training institutions on the one hand, public and private enterprises on the other, and the parents on the last hand, regarding the roles and responsibilities of each side in
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improving personal characters suitable to the needs of world of work generally or workplaces in particular. Thank you.
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ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: SEAMEO VOCTECH’S PERSPECTIVES ON TVET
Dr. Paryono SEAMEO VOCTECH
Email: paryonovoctech.org.bn
Abstract
Southeast Asia is a very dynamic region and has been actively involved both in the regional and global affairs. With a very diverse socio, economic and political
background, the regional organizing body such as ASEAN and SEAMEO play significant roles in bridging the gap and uniting the member countries to move closer
and work together for better future. Now is a crucial time for reaching the target that has
been set up by these organizations and the United Nations. The year of 2015 corresponds with that of the Millennium Development Goals MDGs, the Asian Decent
Work Decade which was launched by the ILO’s tripartite constituents in Asia and the Pacific, as well as the establishment of the ASEAN Community. Technical and
Vocational Education and Training TVET is one of the important tools to accomplish these goals, especially in enhancing productivity and sustainable development through
skills development. This paper addresses some of the issues and challenges regarding what types and at what level of skills—‘soft’ and ‘hard’—that vocational and technical
graduates should possess that correspond to various environmental factors in Southeast Asia. Some other issues such as TVET processes, skills standards, certification and
recognition of skills will also be addressed. In addition, the paper also shares some opportunities that TVET practitioners should seize especially in the era when it gains
important momentum to address various issues e.g. poverty, employment, and sustainable development; increasing number of TVET sector and labor mobility in the
region.
Keywords: Skills development, issues, challenges, opportunities, technical and
vocational education, training, Southeast Asia.
A. Introduction
