Knowing About Non-Formal Education

Knowing About Non-Formal Education - Development of the more modern era, make the parents argued that formal education is not enough to meet the needs of the present. To that end, many parents who eventually chose to include their children in non-formal education as well.

Non-formal education is defined as an educational pathway outside formal education conducted in a structured and hierarchical. There are also things that distinguish non-formal education with formal education are as follows.

• Short-term education;
• Education programs available are special packages;
• Registration requirements are more flexible;
• The material is taught more widely, but the lead;
• Tiered not chronological, and
• Acquisition and significance diploma does not really matter.

Teaching and learning activities that are non-formal, ie courses, training and seminars.

Courses

The course is a learning activity that provides the knowledge and skills. Activities as well as school courses. The difference is the teaching and learning activities in school long time, while the course has a shorter time. For example, an English course that only takes 3 months or about 50 hours.

Participants who have attended the course well, it will get a certificate (certificate). For certain skills, such as beauty courses, participants are required to attend the state exam. It is intended to monitor the quality of the participants in accordance with the course lived. Therefore, lesson or material provided in the course must conform to the standard.

There are also other forms of the course are as follows.

a. Language Course

Language courses are activities increase knowledge in a foreign language. Ability in a foreign language is necessary. Especially at this time, many foreign tourists to Indonesia, a foreign language have a big enough role. You are required to master a foreign language, to be able to communicate well with the tourists. One foreign language that must be mastered is English. This is because English is the international language. No wonder that in every country, most people can use English. Therefore, starting from primary school up to college, one of the English language including the basic subjects. Even in the National Exam subjects were English there.

You do not have to worry, if it's not able to speak English well. Now, there are plenty of courses that help you master the English language. English courses not only aims to increase knowledge, but also improve the ability and proficiency in English. Another benefit of the English language is when one day when going abroad, you will have no difficulty in communicating. Later on in the world of office, in cooperation with other companies of course are part of the business development.

The cooperation not only with the company in the country, but also abroad. To establish cooperation with foreign companies, would require the mastery of English language, so that the negotiations could go well.

b. Computer Course

In addition to proficiency in a foreign language, the progress of time also requires every person can operate the computer well. Today, computers play an important role in various fields, like any good education industry. To help those who can not operate the computer well, now comes a variety of computer courses place. The usual starting materials in a computer course is how to operate Microsoft Office (Micosoft Office word, exel, and powerpoint).


Seminar

Seminar is a meeting that has the technical and academic. Purpose of the seminar was to conduct a thorough study on a given topic to solve the existing problems. To solve these problems, the seminar is required for interaction between participants with active speakers.

The seminar is an activity of the mind exchanging to find an answer to the problem. The seminar would be attended by presenters who have more knowledge and be able to deliver in accordance with the theme of the seminar. It is intended, so that the audience who attended were satisfied with the material he got.

Seminar hosted by moderator (host). Moderator has an important role in regulating the course of a seminar. In general, the seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution like any commercial organization (professional). In a seminar, certainly needed a variety of supporting elements, such as the human element, the element material and facilities elements. Three elements must exist in the seminar, if one of the three elements is missing, the activity can not run optimally.

In general, there are two benefits of the seminar, both theoretically would also be practical. Theoretically, the participants will obtain the views and knowledge of the material presented renderer. This is because, in the seminar, of course there will be debate among participants with a renderer. Discussion based on the opinion of each accompanied by a logical reason.

There are also other benefits of the seminar are as follows.

• Trained to be tolerant
• Trained to be democratically
• Means coached outlook and thinking
• Developing personality
• Elicits the knowledge and creativity of its scholars (presenters)
• Adding to the experience and knowledge of the participants.

From some of the benefits that have been mentioned above, is the subject of a study seminar to train yourself to be more creative, knowledgeable, and think it is brilliant. The seminar is not just an activity with a lot of money, but were able to create smart thinking.

Training
Training is a process that is done so that a person can reach a certain capacity. The ability is useful to ease in achieving organizational goals. One example is the training of vocational training.

• Job training can be done in the workplace like any training venue.
• In the industrial world, a job training program created and designed by the company like any organization. The program was created in order to assign employees to learn and follow a specific learning. Learning aims, so that the employee has a pretty good job competence.

Job training program should contain the concrete, making it possible to implement it in the work. Training material provided should be tailored to the field work of the participants and authorities. Another thing to consider is the needs of the organization, so that the material presented can be useful.

The purpose of the training is to ensure that employees can increase knowledge, apply and practice a given behavior, and improve skills. By doing so, productivity will increase, as have employees with good performance.

Job training functioned as one of the alternative ways to overcome the problems of work and organizations. With training, any existing problems can be fixed, so it does not happen again. In addition, and also to develop new knowledge ability to stock in the future.

Broadly speaking, the purpose of the training is as follows.

1. To develop the skills, so that the work can be completed more quickly and effectively;
2. To develop the knowledge, so that the work can be done in a rational way, and
3. To develop an attitude of cooperation between employees with the management.

Job training not only improves the performance of the employees, but also to train mentally. If training has been completed, the next will be held training evaluation. Training evaluation aims to assess the results of the training that has been done so far.

Conclusion is any form of non-formal education, good courses, seminars, or training, the trio gave a positive impact on the participants. Maybe in the seminar, participants can increase their knowledge and insights. Meanwhile, training courses and provide more skills for the participants, in addition to increasing their knowledge and insights.

So is the article on education in non-formal. May be useful for the readers.