The Effectiveness of an Entrepreneurship Learning Model in Growing Competence and Entrepreneurial Intention of Vocational High School Students in East Java Indonesia

Abstract

The high unemployment rate of vocational high school graduates, as released by Central Statistic Bureau (BPS) in 2017 , raises the notion that the entrepreneurship culture is still not entrenched. This raises the question, whether the entrepreneurial learning activities have been effective for improving the entrepreneurship competence and entrepreneurial intention of the graduates? This research is applied to the 12th graders in Surabaya, Malang, Jombang, Madiun and Banyuwangi. In this study, entrepreneurship learning is grouped into 3 categories, namely : entrepreneurship theoretical learning, entrepreneurship theoretical learning combined by business practices, and entrepreneurship theoretical learning combined by student involvement in the business activities. To obtain the data, students were asked to conduct self assessment of entrepreneurial competence perceived based on 3 learning models they received. At the same time, students are asked to express their entrepreneurial intention perceptions. Descriptive and statistical analysis is used to analyze the data. This study revealed that entrepreneurial learning activities combining theoretical studies and involving students to business activities is the most effective learning model to improve entrepreneurship competence of students, especially for skill dimension and entrepreneurial attitude. The entrepreneurial learning activities combining theoretical studies and involving students to business activities is also effective to grow students entrepreneurial intention, especially the encouragement to entrepreneurship, immediately creating business activity after graduation, the effort to entrepreneurship, and set entrepreneurship profession as the first choice after graduation. This study recommends to schools that entrepreneurship learning activities should emphasize more on the theoretical study combined with the student involvement in business activities. This can be done by optimizing the business centre function, and strengthening the cooperation with the business institution.