Commencing Self Directed Learning to Heutagogy Skill in Lieu of Spiritual Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The problems faced by the retirement age group are increasingly complex. Declining productivity, income and welfare. The transition period from the productive workforce to the gray entrepreneurship has not been followed by an optimal learning process. The research objective is to obtain an overview and analyze the entrepreneurial orientation of retirees who have the ability to learn independently. The explanatory survey method on the entrepreneurship training participants in the preretirement program at an educational and training institution is at PT Meta Bright Vision (MBV) in Bekasi. Questionnaires were distributed to 155 respondents. Path analysis was used to analyze the data. The research then revealed that respondents who successfully applied Self Directed Learning had the ability to create value as basic skills to face a productive period of retirement. The ability to identify the knowledge, skills and processes needed for meaningful learning about entrepreneurship leads to an understanding of value creation. Independent learning to understand the learning process determines how entrepreneurial behavior in the retirement age group. Encouraging heutagogy skills in the retirement age group is a need to remain productive in the golden age.