Fenomena rendahnya partisipasi laki-laki sebagai pendidik Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD) bukan hanya terjadi di lembaga PAUD melainkan juga di perguruan tinggi penyelenggara Program Studi PAUD. Hal ini menyebabkan lembaga PAUD kekurangan figur guru laki-laki bagi anak usia dini. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif untuk mengekplorasi persepsi calon guru dan guru laki-laki sebagai minoritas gender PAUD. Ada enam subyek penelitian yang terdiri dari 2 calon guru laki-laki, dan 4 guru PAUD laki-laki di area Kudus. Peneliti menggunakan in-depth interview didukung dengan Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Partisipan memilih bidang PAUD karena motivasi intrinsik dan ekstrinsik. Persepsi partisipan terkait keterlibatan laki-laki di PAUD positif meskipun ada berbagai tantangan. Stereotipe gender membuat pihak eksternal masih memandang negatif laki-laki yang memilih program studi PAUD atau bekerja di lembaga PAUD namun ada juga dukungan. Semua partisipan yakin berkarir di PAUD namun tindak lanjut dari program studi dan lembaga PAUD diperlukan untuk mengikis stereotipe yang ada termasuk pemenuhan kesejahteraan guru.
Children explore shapes in their daily lives. Understanding geometry is needed in children’s daily life and help them to develop their ability in solving problem. However, in Indonesia, learning math in the context of early childhood education merely focuses on learning numbers. Therefore, it is possible that teachers do not have sufficient knowledge in teaching geometry. For this reason, it is important to find out early childhood education teachers’ and prospective teachers’ understanding about geometric shapes. This study used descriptive qualitative approach to answer the research question of how early childhood education teachers and prospective teachers understand geometric shapes. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews then analysed using thematic analysis. Findings showed that early childhood education teachers and prospective teachers have lack of understanding about geometric shapes particularly in their content knowledge of 2-dimensional geometry, how to teach and assess children’s learning in geometry. It is suggested that early childhood education teachers as well as prospective teachers improve their knowledge about geometry. Early childhood education schools and universities are also expected to provide professional development and explore further other areas of mathematics, such as geometry not just focusing on numbers.
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