PROFESIONALITAS GURU DAN PEMBELAJARAN KONTEKSTUAL
Abstract. This concise paper
elaborates a certainconsideration relacted toa a current situation of education
in Indonesia. The quality of education in our country is relatively low
compared to that of othercountries like Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia.
Teachers and lectures areencouraged to be professional when doing learning and
teaching process. This is because; teachers and lecturers are of extremely
important in that process.Even, if a very high technology is applied, the
learning and teaching processwill never be meaningful without them.
Professional teachers/lecturers musthave three things simultaneously:
expertise, commitment, and skill. Besides, contextual teaching and learning
(CTL) must be carried out to make students see meaning in the academic material
they are studying by connecting the subjects with their daily lives. By doing
so, it is expected that the learning andteaching process could be better.
Finally professional teachers and CTL are twothings which cannot be separated
when the academic atmosphere is very muchconcerned.
Penulis: Hairus Salikin
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd110144
