The Application of Soft skills Learning Model Based Andragogy to Improve Students’ Social and Personal Competencies (A Study on Education Program of Undergraduate in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia)

Abstract

This study aims to (1) obtain an empirical overview of the application of learning soft skillsbased andragogy to improve student’s social and personal comptencies teacher training
program on undergraduate of education program in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia; and (2)
describe the constrains which is faced by the lecturer in implementing the model.
This study is a descriptive reserch, which was done on two private universities in
Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, which has the educational program, they are STKIP PGRI
Jombang (6 departments), and Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul Ulum (2 departments). The
sample was taken in purposive cluster sampling. Questionnaire in the form of self evaluation
was used as data collection technique. Meanwhile, statistical descriptive analysis was used as
the technique of analysis.
The result of the study shows that the majority of lecturers have not yet applied the soft
skills learning model based andragogy to improve the students’ social and personal
competencies. But most of them were applying SCL (Student Centre Learning). It can be seen
from he result of analysis that the lecturers apply Self-Directed Learning (39%), ProblemBased learning (40%), Project-Based Learning (41), Case Study (51%), Contextual learning
(67%), Collaborative Learning (76%), and Cooperative Learning (79%). Whereas the
constraint which appear was the culture of learning/atmosphere of learning (36%), students’
learning motivation factor (37%), students autonomy factor (39%), Students’ creativity factor
(40%), and the lecturer’s perception toward students’ maturity factor (42%).
Keywrods: application, learning model, soft skills, andragogy, personal competencies.