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students are superior. As the results of Hong's
research, McCarthy Veach, and Lawrenz (2005)
suggest that traditional culture especially in Taiwan
strongly encourages men and women to pursue fields
according to their gender characteristics and
characteristics.
The learning process ideally involves the various
components optimally. Components in these lessons
can at least be a trigger for students, especially male
students in order to participate optimally in the
learning process. As the results of research Phua,
Wong, and Abu (2011) which reveals teachers who
use the Internet as one of the media used in the home
economics learning class. The results obtained show
positive correlation and facilitate the teacher in
delivering the material. In this century is the century
that allows science and technology to develop
rapidly, then the learning process is expected to
follow. This is because when users feel that a
technology is easy to use, it is likely they will assume
that the system is simple and will be satisfied with the
system (Sun et al., 2008; Ramayah, Muhamad Jantan,
and Noraini Ismail, 2003)
The data also obtained information that the results
of classroom study only give 40% influence on
performance results. This is because several factors
consist of: a) internal factors of students such as time
management, accuracy, activeness, motivation,
creativity, cooperation, trust, and activities outside of
classroom learning; b) external factors such as teacher
ability, facilities, learning resources, duration of time,
and so forth. Therefore, it needs to be optimized for
external factors
Nevertheless, in the middle of the study, one
teacher stated that during his teaching experience it
turns out that in the learning process it is possible that
female students will play a more dominant role and
show better results than male students. But in time to
work in the world that demands professionalism, it
turns out that male students who at the time of
learning seem less serious even more emerging and
able to carry out their work in the field of home
economics professionally. This is in line with Betts
and Goldey (2005) which suggests the possibility of
a shift in aspects of roles, workplaces, political power
structures, families, homes, and markets for men and
women. It shows that men and women are not always
synonymous with each characteristic especially in the
process of self-actualization. However, to get a full
conclusion, further research is needed on this subject
in the Indonesian context. The results revealed in this
article still focus on the participation rate of male
students in the home economics learning class.
4 CONCLUSIONS
This study aims to reveal the participation rate of
male students in the home economics education
classroom. Based on the research results, the
following conclusions are obtained:
a. The pattern of interaction between males and
teachers in the classroom is not much different
from females except in special cases that require
special attention. In the communication process
female students tend to be closer and more polite
in the communication process.
b. The process of performing the tasks in the
preparatory work, processing the materials, and
presenting the processed male students is
superior. While female students excel in the
process and tidy up the practice room.
c. Based on the results of observation on the
performance, female students showed better
results than male students.
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