PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF TEACHING AS A PROFESSION AND ITS IMPLICATION ON TEACHER EDUCATION
ABSTRACT: This paper aimed at
explaining philosophical foundation of teaching as profession and suggesting
its implication on the program of teacher education in Indonesia. A history of
teacher education is described in the first discussion to provide a background
for the idea of teaching as professional occupation. The history of teacher
education starting from Ducth colonial era until the Education Law on Teacher
and Lecturer number 14 Year 2005 prevailed has a complex dynamic where
teachers’ qualifications before the education law existed were various. The
Education law makes teachers’ qualifications more homogenous where it states
that a teacher needs to have a full bachelor degree (S1) or at least diploma
IV. The demand of law is reasonable because teachers’ role and responsibility
are very challenging. In accordance with this, the philosophical foundation of
teaching as a profession is to achieve education missions to support existence
of a modern and democratic country of Indonesia based on Pancasila. It means
that teachers need to be competent enough to develop competences and mould
character of students based on stated competence standards. Competent teachers
have to be able to arrange instructional planning, to design instructional
program, to manage instructional processes, to evaluate instructional processes
and achievement, to diagnose learning difficulties, to encourage and to
motivate learners. To be competent teachers, they need to accomplish three
stages of teacher education and training, namely: 1) academic professional
education; 2) professional education and training; 3) practical professional
training.
Author: Soedijarto
Journal Code: jppendidikangg100007
