The Development of Programmable logic controller tutorial in the form of industrial-based learni

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Research Inventy: International Journal Of Engineering And Science Vol.5, Issue 5 (May 2015), PP 49-58 Issn (e): 2278-4721, Issn (p):2319-6483, www.researchinventy.com,

The Development of Programmable logic controller tutorial in the form of industrial-based learning material in vocational high schools 1

Abdul Muis Mappalotteng, 2Hasanah Nur, 3Felisitas Kanan

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( State University of Makassar, Department Of Electrical Engineering Education) (State University of Makassar, Department Of Electronic Engineering Education) 3 (State University of Makassar, Post Graduate Student)

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ABSTRACT - This research and development aims to (1) produce teaching material of industrial-based of PLC tutorial which could improve the quality of learning at SMK, (2) examine students and teachers’ response toward teaching material of developed PLC tutorial, and (3) examine the effectiveness of developed teaching material. This research and development employed Four-D model. The samples of the study were 17 students at SMKN 1 Makale South Sulawesi Indonesia. In order to obtain the product of qualified teaching material, there were four steps were conducted, namely 1) define, 2) design, 3) development, and 4) disseminate. To examine students and teachers’ response toward teaching material, questionnaire was used. The effectiveness of developed teaching material could be shown through the result of observation on students and teachers’ activities which obtained through pre-test and posttest. The results of the study revealed that (1) the result of data analysis on product validity was in high valid category, 2) the result of data analysis on practicality which obtained through data analysis of students and teachers’response was in excellent category, and 3) the result of data analysis on effectiveness which obtained through the result of analysis of pre-test and post-test showed improvement of students’ score. Meanwhile, the result of data analysis of observation on students and teachers’ activities during the teaching and learning process was in very active category. Based on those data, it can be concluded that the developed industrialbased teaching material in the form of PLC tutorial has met the category of valid, practical and effective so that it will be feasible to be developed. Keywords - Industry, PLC, SMK, tutorial teaching material

I. INTRODUCTION The changes and developments in science and technology have grown more rapidly in recent years. One of the industry's technological developments that may affect the increase in the quantity and quality of production is the use of automation systems in production machines. Industrial world requires a production process that can be operated in sequence from one process to another process without having to use many human labors. Therefore, it will be necessary to have automation system. Automation system is a series of some of the production process that are interconnected and controlled from a single center (control room). The application of technology in the industry requires skilled workers that have qualification to be involved directly in the production process, and has competencies to master and apply these technologies. Vocational High School (SMK) is part of a national education system that aims to prepare workers who have the skills and appropriate knowledge that match the needs of employment requirement and be able to develop his or her potential in adopting and adapting to technological developments. This means that vocational education graduates are going to produce skilled manpower at the secondary level who are ready to be used in the business and industrial world. Charles Prosser in Djojonegoro (1998) suggested [1]: a) Vocational education will be effective when it can provide the minimum provision of required abilities in world of work (as a minimum standard of the profession), make it more easy and adaptive to its development; b) vocational education will be effective when the job training in the execution of a task is already accustomed to the real conditions in the future; c) Vocational education will be effective if it notice the labor market conditions; d) Vocational education will be effective if the used source data to determine the educational program based on the real experience in the work field ''. The development of the industrial world is dynamic and changing rapidly following the development of science and technology. This suggests that the existing

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