Improving Lecturers'paedagogic

Journal of Education, Teaching and Learning Volume 1 Number 2 September 2016. Page 51-55 p-ISSN: 2477-5924 e-ISSN: 2477-4878 IMPROVING LECTURERS’ PAEDAGOGIC COMPETENCE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LESSON STUDY IN FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF PAKUAN UNIVERSITY, INDONESIA Eri Sarimanah1) 1)Indonesian Education and Literature Study Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Pakuan University, Indonesia Address: Jln. Pakuan mailbox 452 Bogor West Java Indonesia E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. This research is aimed at improving the lecturers of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Pakuan University paedagogic competence through the implementation of lesson study which covers learning management competence including developing chapter design and lesson design, media making, teaching and learning, evaluation, post evaluation follow-up and learning supervision. This research involves four study program. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive. The data are collected through documentation, observation, interview and questionnaire. The data are analyzed descriptively to investigate the improvement of the lecturers’ paedagogic competence in teaching through the implementation of lesson study. Lesson study has been implemented for two years in Indonesian and Literature Education Study Program, English Education Study Program, Biology Education Study Program, and Primary Education Study Program. The findings show that there is an improvement of the lecturers paedagogic competence in developing chapter design and lesson design, developing material and designing media for learning (plan stage); running the lesson (do stage); and observing the lesson as well as evaluating and reflecting it (see stage). Besides, it is found the lecturers develop learning innovation to create students’ active learning. The colleagality among the lecturers is also develop well through the implementation of lesson study. The questionnaire result also shows that the implementation of lesson study can make the student become autonomous learners. Keywors: lecturers’ competence. Paedagogic, lesson study I. INTRODUCTION process and delivering knowledge, the lecturers have not given optimum effort to give knowledge, skills and Background of the Study attitude to the students by involving them actively. Third, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of there is no accurate measurement to investigate the Pakuan University always tries to achieve national students’ understanding of the materials and the lecturers’ education goal and fulfill global demand in order that the success in teaching and students’ succeess in learning and graduates able to compete with other graduates nationally students’ learning autonomy. Fourth, the learning process and internationally through the improvement of learning is not relevant the studnts’ need. quality. By the improvement of learning quality, it is If those conditions continuously happen, it will result expected that the national education goal can be in the low quality of education which cover: 1) the achieved. One of the efforts to do it is through the lecturers’ uncompetence in planning the lesson; 2) the improvement of the lecturers’ pedagogic competence. lowness of learning autonomy and competence of the Lecturers’ pedagogic competences are among students in understanding the lecturer’s explanation; 3) others: 1) understanding learners’ characteristics; 2) imperfection in building students’ character; 4) students’ understanding learners’ learning styles and learning low thinking capacity. difficulties; 30 facilitating the development learners’ To anticipate those condition, the lecturers of potency; 4) mastering the theory and the principles of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Pakuan educating learning; 5) developing the curriculum that university implement Lesson Study. It is one of the triggers learners’ involvement in learning; 6) designing efforts to develop lecturers’ quality and professionalism educated learning; 7) doing educated learning; 8) in facilitating the learning process. Lesson study is an evaluating the learning process and result. activity that encourages a learning community, which However, the reality in the field shows first, there are consistently and sytematically does self revision variety of competence and lecturers’ difficulty in individually and managerially. Thus, it is expected that planning the lesson such as making chapter design and by the implementation of Lesson Study the lecturers’ lesson design. Second, in administering the learning pedadogical competence improved. 51 Journal of Education, Teaching and Learning Volume 1 Number 2 September 2016. Page 51-55 p-ISSN: 2477-5924 e-ISSN: 2477-4878 Focus of the Study characteristics seen from different aspect such as physics, moral, social, culture, emotion, and intellect. Thus, The study focuses on the effort in improving lecturers’ pedagogic competence can be described as the lecturers’ pedagogic competence that covers ability to whole knowledge, skill and attitude reflected in a set of plan a lesson, to administer the students centered-based responsible smart actions possessed by a person whose lesson, and to evaluate the learning process and the profession is a teacher. learning result through the implementation of Lesson According to Gagne, there are various indicators Study. The learning components observed are the showing the competence of a lecturers in teaching if they lecturers, the students, the materials, the method, the do the following roles: media and the evaluation. 1. Teacher as a planner who prepares everything that Statement of the Problem will be done in the classroom teaching (pre-teaching Based on the background of the study and research problems).; focus, the problem can be stated: “Is there an improvement 2. Teacher as an organizer who creates situation, gives of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education lecturers’ stimulus, moves and leads the learning process based pedagogic competence through the implementation of on the plan, in which he plays a role as a resource, Lesson Study?” and as a wise leadership consultant who is democratic and humanistic during the teaching and II. THEORETICAL FOUNDATION learning process. The Nature of Lecturer’s Pedagogic Competence 3. Teacher as an evaluator, who collects, analyzes, interprets, and assesses the success of learning The development of science and technology gives process based on the stated criteria, in terms of the impact to the way the lecturers teach. It also encourages effectiveness of the process and the quality of the them to always improve their competence in order that product. they are able to use updated material and teaching method Through good understanding about those roles, the that is appropriate with the present situation need and lecturers will be able to conduct effective learning that challenge. Thus, the lecturers need to improve their can be seen if the lecturer can achieve the learning target. pedagogic competence. The learners are able to accept, understand, and apply In Indonesian Fundamental Law No. 14 Year 2005 well the materials delivered by the lecturer. In an about teacher and lecturer, it is stated that pedagogic effective learning the leacturer’s role is very important, competence is “kemampuan mengelola pembelajaran because he should know what the learners have already peserta didik” (the ability to manage learners’ known, what they haven’t known, and what they should learning). Department of National Education (2004:9) know. It is expected that a lecturer uses creative and defines this competence as “kompetensi pengelolaan innovative learning method that will make the learners pembelajaran” (learning management ompetence). This motivated to learn more. competence can be seen from the ability to plan the Professional is a quality attitude of a member of a learning program, ability to interact with the learners and profession towards his profession and degree of their to manage learning, and aility to evaluate. The knowledge and expertise they have to do their job. competence in planning the lesson according to Joni (Surya, 2014:352). Professional teacher is a teacher who (1984:12) covers 1) planning the organisation of the is competence and able to use his competence in creating learning materials, 2) planning learning management, 3) a condition in which the teacher and the students interact planning classroom management, 4) planning the use of to elaborate learning materials. It is also stated that a media and learning resources, and 5) planning learners’ professional teacher is a teacher who are qualified in learning assessment. Department of National Education planning a lesson and administering the learning process (2004:9) sates that the competence of planning a lesson in order to achieve expected specific attitude change. covers 1) ability to describe the goal, 2) ability to select Besides, teacher professionalism can be seen on the materials, 3) ability to organize the materials, 4) teacher’s creativity in organizing the learning materials. ability to decide learning strategy/method, 5) ability to Teacher’s skill in making learning media makes it decide learning resource and teaching aids, 6) ability to possible for the students to interact and actively use the develop evaluation tool, 7) albility to decide evaluation learning media. The teachers’ competence in conducting technique, and 8) ability to manage time. Based on the the whole evaluation can be

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