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European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu doi: 10.5281/zenodo.999994 Volume 3 │Issue 9 │2017 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND METACOGNITIVE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Dewanto A. Sonhadjii, Ekohariadi, Eddy Sutadji Program Studi Pendidikan Kejuruan Pascasarjana, Universitas Negeri Malang Abstract: This study tries to achieve two major purposes, the development and experiment. The development within this study aims at developing learning instrument. In addition, this study also aims at discovering the influence of learning instrument developed on the students’ communication skill, discovering the collaboration skill of students, revealing the effect of learning instrument on the metacognition ability of students, revealing the effect of learning instrument on the Fabrication conceptual understanding of students. This study employed Four D Model and the experiment design was used quasiexperiment with non-equivalent control group design. The data analysis data of this study employed descriptive analysis and covariant analysis or Anakova. The findings of this study reveal that the learning instrument developed based on scientific approach is effective to enhance the communication skill, collaboration skill, metacognition ability, and fabrication conceptual understanding of the Mechanical Engineering Vocational Program Students of UNESA Surabaya. Considering that communication skill, collaboration skill, metacognition ability are imperative in recent days, therefore it is suggested to utilize this learning instrument during Fabrication Practice Learning as well as evaluating the instrument to generate an improved instrument. Keywords: communication skill, collaboration skill, metacognition ability Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 650 Dewanto A. Sonhadji, Ekohariadi, Eddy Sutadji THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND METACOGNITIVE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM 1. Introduction Law No. 20 of 2003 article 3 concerning on the National Education System explains that national education aims at generating and developing the capability and characters of society to be able to stand as proficient and reliable individual supporting the advancement of national intelligence, improving the potency of learners in order to become an individual who possesses a good faith in Religion, good character, become a qualified, persistent, creative, independent, and responsible individual to the nation. Educational system in Indonesia is divided into two groups, namely (1) academic education, and (2) professional education. Academic education is an education program, which aims at preparing learners in developing their potency to continue the study in further degree. Meanwhile, professional education program is to ensure learners’ preparation for competency improvement in accordance with the areas of expertise. Professional education program belongs to the education which is oriented to professional working. Within education, system which is oriented to the professional working in Indonesia it commonly used the term vocational education in different degree. In Article 15 of the Law on National Education System Number 20 of 2003, it is explained that the meaning of vocational high school is secondary education which prepares students primarily to work in certain fields, whereas vocational education program is higher education which prepares learners to have jobs with certain applied skills maximal equivalent with undergraduate programs. One university in East Java providing vocational education program, is State University of Surabaya or UNESA. In UNESA, vocational education program is provided in several faculties in the form of Diploma III Education Program. During 2008-2013, the interest of people in Mechanical Engineering Vocational Program was really high. The graduates of Senior High School and Vocational High School competed to get a slot in Mechanical Engineering Vocational Program in UNESA. The student’s enrollment had achieved five to six times from the quota given. As well as the graduates of the program, almost the entire graduates directly get a job in a big company in Yogyakarta, Surabaya, or Jakarta. Even, before the students were graduating the company asked for an employment support to the faculty. Unfortunately, in the beginning of 2014, the interest was significantly decreased. The students enrolled, even, lower than the quota provided. Thus, the faculty had no chance to select the input. This condition is urgent to be resolved if the faculty aims at preserving the existence of the program and also developing the management. European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 3 │ Issue 9│ 2017 651 Dewanto A. Sonhadji, Ekohariadi, Eddy Sutadji THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND METACOGNITIVE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM According to the self-evaluation result report performing for accreditation preparation, it obtained that the vocational education program is weak on several elements. The weaknesses are in the Fabrication Practice Learning. The learning or lecturing process of Fabrication Practice remains instructive. It was not directed on the students active process or what so-called student-centered learning in improving the skill and ability. In addition, the lecturers did not place themselves as a facilitator of learning. In conclusion, it illustrated that Fabrication Practice Learning was not conducted optimally. Then, it is normal if the graduates also possess the weaknesses such as communication skill, collaboration skill, and problem-solving ability (metacognition). It also indicated from the products of practice which did not meet the standard, the rawmaterial wasting for the practice due to the error in practice, and the completion of product which exceeded the due date given. The moment, the coordination, communication, collaboration and evaluation are generated the results would be better. Therefore, the aforementioned issues indicate that the communication, collaboration, and metacognition skill of students are important to be developed. Since such elements are necessary in the real life (Slamet PH, 2003). Pursuant to the above-mentioned issues within the learning process in Vocational Program of UNESA, the researcher believes that to resolve such issues, it needs a brand-new learning instrument which effectively improve the communication, collaboration, and metacognition skill of students in Mechanical Engineering Vocational Program UNESA. For viewing / downloading the full article, please access the following link: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/1086 European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 3 │ Issue 9│ 2017 652