THE PROFILE OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ATTITUDE OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTING 2013 CURRICULUM BASED ON THE TEACHERS WORKING PERIOD IN PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BULUKUMBA DISTRICT
ABSTRACT: Good knowledge and
skill in teaching as well as the teachers’ positive attitude toward curriculum
are determined in the achievement of curriculum. The research is a qualitative
research which aims to describe knowledge, skill, and attitude of mathematics
teachers in implementing 2013 curriculum based on the teachers working period.
The instrument of the research was the teacher herself as the main instrument
and the supportive instruments were knowledge test, observation sheet, attitude
assessment questionnaire, and interview. The data collection was conducted by
giving knowledge test to examine the teachers’ knowledge in implementing 2013
curriculum, observation to observe the teachers’ skill in learning process,
attitude questionnaire to examine the teachers’ attitude toward the
implementation of 2013 curriculum. The subjects of the research were
mathematics teachers who had implemented 2013 curriculum which consisted of 2
teachers with 5 years working period and 20 years working period from 2
different schools in Public Junior High Schools in Bulukumba District. The
process of the research was conducted by visiting the two schools and giving
the knowledge test, conducting learning process observation, and giving
attitude questionnaire, as well as interviewing the two subjects; then,
conducting data reduction, and formulating the conclusion from the result of
the research. The result of the research reveals that the teachers’ knowledge
between novice teachers and experienced teachers is almost the same. The novice
teachers are prominent in the knowledge about learning models, while the
experienced teachers are prominent in the knowledge about the objective of the
implementation of 2013 curriculum, the connection between standard criteria of
graduates, main competence, basic competence and indicator, scientific approach
and authentic assessment. In the aspect of the skill in implementing 2013
curriculum and the implementation of authentic assessment in learning process,
the novice teachers have yet to implement the learning process and authentic
assessment well, while the experienced teachers have already implemented it
well. In the aspect of attitude, both the novice and experienced teachers have
positive attitudes toward the implementation of 2013 curriculum and the
implementation of scientific approach, but yet
to have positive attitude toward the implementation of authentic
assessment
KEYWORDS: Knowledge of
Teachers; Teachers' Skills; Attitudes of Teachers; Curriculum 2013; working
period
Penulis: Wahyuni Arif
Kode Jurnal: jpmatematikadd170081
