THE QUALITY OF HISTORY TEACHER WHICH IS EVALUATED FROM THE PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITY (A CASE STUDY AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SURAKARTA CITY)
Keywords:
Professional Capability, History Teacher, A Case StudyAbstract
This research is aimed to investigate (1) the professional capability of history teacher; (2) the influence of education for the professional capability of the history teacher; (3) to know the creativity of the history teacher both in the state Senior High School and the Private Senior High School in Surakarta city. This research is conducted in 2014/2015 academic year both in the state Senior High School and the Private Senior High School in Surakarta.
The research used descriptive qualitative method with a single case study form. The data of this research were collected through direct in-depth interviewing, observation, and documentation. To expand the research data validity, this research used triangulation data, information review, and came to the research location. This research used interactive analysis model.
The result of this research indicates that the professional capability of the history teacher needs to be increased because the teaching learning process of the history teacher both in the state Senior High School and the private Senior High School have not been managed professionally. There are a lot of teachers who teach conventionally, they dominate the activity of teaching learning process and teaching materials (Teacher centered learning). The professional teachers should understand the concept of history teaching, increase their capability, should have the spirit of service and responsible for becoming a teacher.
From the research result, it can be concluded that the history teachers should try to be a professional teacher, should give opportunity to their students to be creative and active in a classroom when teaching learning process is begun (student centered learning). Then, the research result is hoped to become a valuable input and consideration for all who have the relationship with education especially for increasing the quality of history teacher in Senior High School in Surakarta.
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