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CAREER SELF-EFFICACY TRAINING TOWARDS INCREASING
CAREER MATURITY OF SLOW LEARNER STUDENTS
Pratidina Ekanesia1 Universitas Indonesia Membangun.
Bandung.
Indonesia ekanesia@inaba.
ABSTRACT
Every student has their own potential, and those with special needs are not an exception.
One of them is the slow learners.
They need to have a chance to compete in the career world and reach career However, some students are uncertain about deciding on a career path that goes along with their ability and major.
This study is aimed to test the effect of Career Self Efficacy training on career maturity improvement of 12th-grade slow learner students in SMK X Bandung.
This study uses a population sampling technique in which subjectsAo characteristics are defined by their IQ, low level of career maturity, and parentAos consent.
From there, it is found that there are four slow learners majoring in culinary in 12th grade.
In this study, a single-group pretest-posttest design is used to measure the change in career maturity after the Career Self-Efficacy training.
Wilcoxon sign-rank shows a significant improvement after the subjects participated in the training.
Based on the result, it is suggested that schools make Self Efficacy training a career counseling program for slow learner Keywords: Career Self Efficacy training.
Career Maturity.
Slow Learner Students INTRODUCTION own interests and abilities so that they Children with special needs have equal opportunities to get education.
can prepare themselves to achieve their career goals.
One of the schools implementing this In reality, students with special inclusive education is SMK X in needs Class XII experience problems Bandung.
It is hoped that in the future of being unable to develop careers these students will be ready to become according to their choices at school.
a workforce that is adjusted to the The school also does not support the major they have taken.
Based on career maturity of children with special Super's career development theory, exploration stage .
, namely the researcher conducted a survey on Class stage where individuals try to obtain XII students of SMK X.
Preliminary career information, career choices, data was obtained from 4 students with decide and are ready to enter the world special needs in Class XII.
These four of work.
As Class XII students they are students, who have an IQ of 80-89, are expected to have a desire based on their included in the low average group or Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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Data from the results according to their abilities.
To get the of interviews with four students right career requires a series of illustrate the variation in them.
There activities that must be carried out.
were 2 student respondents who had When someone has done a series of interests that were in line with the these activities, then that person has culinary department, namely wanting reached what Super calls Career to become chefs and have a culinary Maturity.
business, while the other 2 student JuwitaAos .
, respondents did not yet have a career maturity limits of career maturity and choice that was in accordance with the their benchmarks for high school culinary department.
To achieve this, students, while still considering the they should know their ability to prefer career maturity limits of Super.
Indonesian food, foreign food or alternative definition of career maturity especially desserts.
and its constituent dimensions is These respondents still do not generated for high school students, know their strengths that can help them which is positioned as a hypothetical realize their goals, they also do not theoretical construct model, namely the have the initiative to collect or seek ability of high school students to think information related to the job they in anticipation of the future, develop They prefer to leave how later career interests, consider and decide only those who want to accept him This shows that some students needs and identity, and be able to still do not determine their career committed to the tentative choices that direction based on their ability to make have been made.
plans, carry out career exploration.
The four students with special have insight into the world of work and needs Class XII at SMK X Bandung do make career decisions.
not yet understand their own strengths This is also not in accordance with and weaknesses that will help them the demands of their developmental make career decisions.
The students tasks which should have started feel hesitant and unsure about deciding preparing for the right career and on a career that suits their abilities and Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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The Betz's .
Bandura's more attitude of hesitation when it comes to making career decisions often occurs in applied to a career concept known as Class XII Students.
They find it Career Self Efficacy.
According to difficult when they have to make career Taylor choices related to their future.
They inability to make choices can be caused also realize that they are different from by students' lack of self-efficacy in making decisions.
self-efficacy Betz treatment from their teachers.
Even With the limitations of a low level though students already know their of intelligence, they still have to think interests and abilities, when they have about goals in life, because they have to choose they feel unsure about their the same rights and opportunities as Bandura .
in the process normal children.
However, students of making career decisions, individuals who have lower levels of intelligence must consider the uncertainty of their tend to take a longer time to understand abilities in the field of interest, the some information (Reddy, et al.
, 2.
certainty and prospects of their future Include information about their career career and the self-identity they choices and readiness.
They need more To overcome self-insecurity, concrete examples of what it takes to individuals must have confidence in prepare for their careers.
They are also their abilities or self-efficacy.
prone to feel afraid of failure and are Self-Efficacy is an individual's not interested in learning.
Conditions belief in the ability to organize and like this need special attention, bearing in mind that career maturity is a developmental task for all class XII determining career choices students high school students.
must also think about their abilities Individuals who have low self- with the career they are interested in.
efficacy in making career decisions are Student confidence about their abilities characterized by ignorance of their is more influential in determining a strengths and weaknesses, do not get decision (Bandura, 1.
In Taylor & Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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posttest design by adding a pretest to That measure the dependent variable before guidance and support from various being given treatment.
After being Therefore, researchers want to given treatment, the dependent variable know how Career Maturity of Students is measured again with the same with Special Needs at SMK X Bandung measuring instrument.
The one group remembers that SMK X students have pretest-posttest research design was limitations and abilities in various used to determine the effect of self- ways, how to ensure their abilities so efficacy training on increasing career they can decide on a career in the world maturity for slow learner class XII of work.
students at SMK X Bandung.
In this study, the Independent Variable is METHOD Career Self Efficacy Training and the The research method used is Career Maturity in Class XII Slow approach which tries to show a causal Learner Students at SMK X Bandung.
Dependent Variable in this study is The population in this study was independent variables (Christensen, adolescent vocational high school 2014, p.
The experimental method students with special needs.
The used in this study is a one-group researcher did not use sampling pretest-posttest design, a design where techniques because all subjects were conditions are given an intervention used in the study.
The subjects taken in between pretest and protest from the this study were class XII students who had low average intelligence .
or Christensen .
4, p.
, the one- called Slow Learners and low career group pretest-posttest design improves According the one-group posttest design by Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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The career maturity of research participants about their own career maturity.
From the test results, it can be construct is based on Super's career development theory .
3, in Levinson et al, 1998.
Sharf, 2.
and Savickas dimension of anticipatory thinking, the .
, as well as through the results of the initial research analysis adding interest, the dimension of considering several sub- dimensions.
The sub and deciding on alternative job options dimensional conceptual study refers to the theory of independence from understanding needs and identity, and Steinberg .
9, in Fleming, 2.
, the the dimension of commitment to theory of commitment in vocational identity from Marcia .
, and the (Commi.
in thought and emotion definition of the Indonesian Language Dictionary.
Psychology Dictionary and DISCUSSION the Oxford English Dictionary to Based on the results of the training explain some of the concepts in it.
that has been carried out, the results show Career maturity in this study consists of that there is an increase in career maturity the thinking dimension of anticipating in the four slow learner students.
The future careers, the dimension of three research subjects experienced an increase in the level of career maturity dimension of being able to make from medium to high and one subject dimension of choosing a career that meets one's needs and identity, and the dimension commitment to the choice (Commi.
It consists of 34 valid items in the form of positive items.
This questionnaire captures the appreciation was still in the medium category, but there was an increase in the score.
This shows the influence of career self-efficacy career maturity in all four subjects.
This is in accordance with what was expressed by Taylor & Betz .
that weak selfconfidence in making choices, can hinder the act of career exploration and the Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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They need to struggle hard to master what is required confidence can also refer to vacillation in in the classroom environment, so they determining career choices and other need a lot of practice compared to other problems related to determining career Therefore, in this training the choices (Taylor & Betz, 1.
Super researchers tried to use a method by and Crites (Sharf, 2.
also reveal the describing a plan and goal that could help same thing, namely that one of the them more easily receive information indications of an individual being said to and also have an effect on long-term be career-immature is due to the absence Each subject was accompanied of interest from the individual, so he has to find out about their own strengths and chosen one job, but he is indecisive about weaknesses, so that they could be more his choice because it is not supported by confident in their abilities and not only an adequate pattern of interest.
focus on their weaknesses.
Then, they are The results of the measurement of given knowledge about aspects of career career maturity show that by attending maturity that are designed to inspire each training to cultivate self-confidence in subject to start thinking about their career self-confidence in achieving a future goals according to their abilities.
career, each subject becomes aware of The process of Career Self-Efficacy his strengths and weaknesses.
The Training is that they are accompanied by subject also becomes able to cultivate learning to assess themselves, looking self-confidence for sources of information about their limitations and the abilities he has, so career, aligning their abilities and career that it will help the subject to determine goals that are in demand, implementing a his career choices according to his plan to achieve their career goals, until interests and abilities.
the whole subject prepares several Jason .
states that the state of alternative options if their career goals the subject who has slow characteristics, are not achieved.
That way, it will be is generally slower to grasp the material easier for students to make their career being taught in lessons that involve choices in the future.
Through Career symbolic, abstract or conceptual subject Self-Efficacy Training, students are Their intelligence is indeed encouraged to start thinking about the below average, but they are future, develop career interests, develop Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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alternative choices that have been made.
In the forward-thinking dimension.
On the dimension of developing students are invited to start planning their encouraged to grow and make career careers by cultivating student confidence interest real through understanding the that the future is influenced by the meaning of career, understanding the present and the ability to plan actions for world of work through other people's experiences, and having information participants' confidence, the first thing to about work to deepen their career do is Based on the initial research knowledge about the importance of data, it was found that the participants having readiness in setting career goals did not have sufficient information about by providing information about aspects their abilities and skills.
This lack of of career maturity itself.
Participants information was also seen in the self- know the benefits of preparing career introduction session, the participants had goals and the consequences of not difficulty determining what abilities and preparing for a future career.
After that, skills they already possessed and needed participants were inspired to start to develop to achieve their career goals.
assessing their own abilities and abilities Meanwhile, career maturity is not only needed to support their future careers.
an end result where students know their This career goals.
However, career maturity is Occupational Information component of more directed at a thorough career career self-efficacy, where more material introduction that begins with identifying is presented regarding career maturity one's own potential, understanding the insights (Super theor.
This is the first real world of work, planning, up to step for students to know about aspects determining the right career choice.
This Before that participants are determining a career, and to inspire Occupational Information component of students about the importance of having career self-efficacy, which in this a picture of the world of work.
In this dimension adds information about the way, participants obtain new information types and requirements of the job of Journal of Business and Management Inaba (JBMI) E-ISSN 2829-5331.
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They are facilitated to know the suitability with the abilities and interests job duties in a position and work They will also know what knowledge about career maturity, then jobs they can get after they leave school participants were asked to open a self- and become their future careers.
This introduction form and types of jobs.
dimension also invites participants to After that the participants try to match recognize the difficulties that may be their own abilities, namely which encountered in achieving goals and abilities will support the participants or efforts to control them.
fulfill the prerequisites in choosing a job.
Participants During this session, participants This dimension involves the Goal were given more information about the Selection and Planning components of jobs they could get so that they had an career self-efficacy, where in this overview of jobs that could become their dimension a discussion is carried out future career choices.
They feel new regarding "My Career".
After that, knowing what kinds of work they can "Smart Ball Games" game activities were achieve according to their abilities.
The also carried out, where students were participants also came to know that it is asked to match the type of work with the important to recognize their own abilities job requirements listed on the ball in the in order to make it easier for them to Through this work, participants collect and use information according to learn to analyze various types of jobs and the career they are interested in.
the prerequisites that must be possessed Previously they lacked knowledge of to achieve them.
Participants consider what careers they could achieve after the targets or goals they will achieve.
These considerations are carried out so Vocational High School.
that participants can choose and decide In the Dimension of Considering on the right career for them.
and Deciding for Their Own Job Choice Alternatives.
Furthermore, in the dimension of Choosing a Job that Meets Their Needs stages in making a decision and can and Identity, participants are facilitated make a choice of work independently.
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They culinary field.
The goal is to grow self- begin to choose which one suits them, confidence and enthusiasm that many then they write down the traits or people like him have even more characters they have that are not yet in shortcomings but can succeed.
After the table, write down the traits they don't playing this video, they are less active in know but other people .
riends, teachers responding to what meaning they can or parent.
tell the traits that the take in the video.
They explained more participants have.
This is to increase about their situation when the street knowledge about the participants' self- vendors were more or less like that, and abilities and inspire participants to be they found it difficult, sometimes failing able to realize their abilities and skills to cook and repeating it until they through observations made of their succeeded in cooking a menu.
There was behavior or the environment in which the one participant who said that during the street vendors he was only told to peel involves the self-appraisal component of shallots every day during the street career self-efficacy, where in this vendors at the food stall.
This dimension participants are able to The Commitment Choices recognize their own potential and dimension is made with the aim that understand the importance of knowing participants try to survive with the work their own potential in achieving career choices that have been made, both With participants knowing their mentally and emotionally.
own abilities, it will make it easier for activity, participants will discuss "My participants to focus more and optimize future plans.
" This activity aims to make only the strengths they have.
Knowledge students try to make the stages they will of one's own abilities and skills needs to do in achieving their career goals.
be carried out as a basis for forming self- Participants also make other plans as an concept which will ultimately bring alternative if their initial plan is not readiness to oneself to achieve career achieved by choosing another job that goals that are in accordance with the they can achieve, then they make stages abilities and skills possessed.
and plans to achieve that work.
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They can anticipate that career maturity and there are two they will fail and will continue to try dimensions that are the most experienced other things if they fail in the future.
This major changes, namely the dimension of dimension involves the Problem Solving commitment to choice and the dimension component of career self-efficacy, where of choosing a career that meets needs and in this dimension participants are guided identity, .
This career self-efficacy to create their dream job profile by training module can be used to increase writing down the name of the job, tasks, career maturity in slow learner students required competencies and abilities that with IQs between 80-89.
participants have.
Participants may write The down more than one job that they are researcher is that the school is advised to interested in as an alternative if the first make the career self-efficacy training choice is not reached.
Then this is module a career guidance program intended for Slow Learner students.
And graduate from school later, and improve for future researchers who wish to the skills needed to make it easier for continue similar research, it is suggested participants to achieve their career goals.
to pay attention to the characteristics of Through this activity, participants are the study population.
Based on what was expected to have information and found in the field, subjects who had understand about their own strengths and participated in internships outside of weaknesses that can support the job they school had information about the world choose, can see things that support and of work compared to research subjects hinder their career, and get useful in who had not participated in internships making the right decision in choosing a outside of school, so it was better to take the research population who had not CONCLUSION participated in internships outside of Based on the research results obtained, it can be concluded as follows:
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