Analysis of Employability Skills Scale on Vocational High School Students
Mamat Supriatna1, M. Amirullah2, Amin Budiamin3
1Mamat Supriatna, Educational Psychology and Guidance, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia.
2M. Amirullah, Educational Psychology and Guidance, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia.
3Amin Budiamin, Educational Psychology and Guidance, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on 15 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 515-522 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A10850581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: World developments in the 21st century have a big impact on various sectors of life, including education and industrial sectors. One of the important things that needed in the 21stcentury is employability skills for entering the industrial revolution era 4.0. Employability skills are known as the transferable group’s core skills that describes the main functions of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed in the workplace of the 21stcentury. The purpose of this paper is to develop the employability skills assessment tool that will be used to measure the employability skills of vocational high school students (SMK). Base on the analysis of relevant literature, this study developed 78 items which were intended collectively to reflect the employability skills. The sample was selected are 34 students of SMK 13 Bandung. Items validity and scale reliability were measured by The Rasch model. The results show that 1) Cronbach Alpha score was 0.93 which means it is in the very good category, 2) coefficient of item reliability was 0.91 which means it has very good items, and 3) coefficient of person reliability was 0.92 which means that students respond consistently to each item. Base on the result of the Rasch model analysis, this paper retained 43 valid items while 35 others were invalid and have low discrimination power.
Keywords: Employability Skills, Instrument Scale, Vocational Student, Career Guidance and Counseling.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences