Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering

This study evaluated the use of an experiential learning design for vocational education in mechanical engineering. The research objective is to analyze students’ attitudes and responses after participating in learning activities using a worksheet designed according to Kolb's stages by consider...

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Autores principales: Fajar Pamungkas Stephanus, Widiastuti Indah, Suharno
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b694d59bb572433fae071ae28cc533152021-12-05T14:10:46ZVocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering2391-543910.1515/eng-2021-0027https://doaj.org/article/b694d59bb572433fae071ae28cc533152021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2021-0027https://doaj.org/toc/2391-5439This study evaluated the use of an experiential learning design for vocational education in mechanical engineering. The research objective is to analyze students’ attitudes and responses after participating in learning activities using a worksheet designed according to Kolb's stages by considering Felder-Silverman's student learning styles. This research was conducted using a case study research employing qualitative data analysis. The data were collected using a purposive random sampling technique with 28 respondents in a 10th grade. The datawere analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis. The experiential learning activities were carried out concrete experience, reflective observations, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. It is shown that students have a positive attitude and response. Experiential activities help students in learning Basic of Mechanical Engineering and they enjoy participating in the learning activities. Experiential learning activities are considered to be fun, interesting, and easy to be understood. The students could relate the course material to real-life situations, which may benefit the students to enhance learning and connect the knowledge they learned to their own experiences. It is suggested that the experiential design is effectively used and could explore the relationship between learning theory and practice in Vocational High School.Fajar Pamungkas StephanusWidiastuti IndahSuharnoDe Gruyterarticleexperientialkolb learning stylemechanical engineeringvocationalEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040ENOpen Engineering, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 254-268 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic experiential
kolb learning style
mechanical engineering
vocational
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
spellingShingle experiential
kolb learning style
mechanical engineering
vocational
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Fajar Pamungkas Stephanus
Widiastuti Indah
Suharno
Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
description This study evaluated the use of an experiential learning design for vocational education in mechanical engineering. The research objective is to analyze students’ attitudes and responses after participating in learning activities using a worksheet designed according to Kolb's stages by considering Felder-Silverman's student learning styles. This research was conducted using a case study research employing qualitative data analysis. The data were collected using a purposive random sampling technique with 28 respondents in a 10th grade. The datawere analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis. The experiential learning activities were carried out concrete experience, reflective observations, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. It is shown that students have a positive attitude and response. Experiential activities help students in learning Basic of Mechanical Engineering and they enjoy participating in the learning activities. Experiential learning activities are considered to be fun, interesting, and easy to be understood. The students could relate the course material to real-life situations, which may benefit the students to enhance learning and connect the knowledge they learned to their own experiences. It is suggested that the experiential design is effectively used and could explore the relationship between learning theory and practice in Vocational High School.
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author Fajar Pamungkas Stephanus
Widiastuti Indah
Suharno
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Widiastuti Indah
Suharno
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title Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
title_short Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
title_full Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
title_fullStr Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
title_full_unstemmed Vocational Student's Attitude and Response Towards Experiential Learning in Mechanical Engineering
title_sort vocational student's attitude and response towards experiential learning in mechanical engineering
publisher De Gruyter
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