Student Problems in Self-Directed Learning: A Survey of Vocational High School Student in Islamic Religious Education

This study analyzes the perceptions of vocational high school students regarding the application of SDL in Islamic religious education learning.The research method used is an exploratory sequential mixed methods design.Data were collected by distributing open-closed questionnaires to 42 volunteers as respondents.The results showed that there were 5 problem themes with an average score of 2.40 -2.84, which is classified as high.This indicates that students still experience problems related to their learning independence due to their learning habits.This study has implications for the importance of teachers in innovating learning that can motivate students to direct their abilities to achieve the expected results.Therefore, this study shows that implementing SDL in Islamic religious education learning in vocational high schools is not easy, because students' high ability to access information from various digital media platforms and their learning habits that require practical activities, making them feel dissatisfied if learning only focuses on understanding the text .