Building Teacher’s Pedagogical Competence and Teaching Improvement through Lesson Study

Abstract

Teachers' competence in managing the classroom becomes a significant factor in the students' comprehension, and further, in developing their competence. This study was aimed to observe and give the evidence of the use lesson study in helping the teacher to have the other's perspective, especially in the process of teaching to strengthen their strategies and classroom management. By applying action research through plan, do, and reflective phases, lesson study was able to foster significant teaching skill to develop the quality of teaching and learning. The average of teachers' pedagogical competence for Language Testing Administration (LTA) was 3.33 and 2.84 for Genre Based Writing (GBW) from three cycles. The improvement of teachers' pedagogical competence was based on their decision in adjusting the material and approach to implement a meaningful learning. It proved that students' motivation could be optimally stimulated in joining the classroom. However, the students' perception of teachers' pedagogical competence was also increasing. It was believed that it was a part of teaching improvement. Therefore, it is recommended to implement lesson study for improving the quality of learning especially for its process.

Indonesian Teachers’ Perception on the Implementation of Lesson Study:Exploring Teachers’ Awareness of Pedagogical Knowledge

“…Arab World English Journal www.awej.org ISSN: 2229-9327 382 performance of teaching and learning process, and it needs to be built through the experiences of teaching practices in the classroom by facing students' learning problems with various different characteristics (Aimah, Ifadah, & Bharati, 2017). By knowing the students' problems of learning, the teacher is expected to counter the students' problems of learning, and manage the class well.…”

“…Pedagogical knowledge deals with knowledge of teaching process and methods used by the teachers including knowledge of teaching preparation, knowledge about classroom management, knowledge of developing lesson plan, knowledge of teaching methods and strategies, knowledge of students characteristics, and knowledge of designing learning evaluation (Aimah, Ifadah & Bharati, 2017;Aksu, Metin & Konyalioğlu, 2014;Mishra & Koehler, 2006). It is in alignment with Gess-Newsome (1999) that pedagogical knowledge deals with classroom organization and management, instructional models and strategies, and classroom communication and discourse.…”

The Effect of Teacher Competency Training on High Order Thinking-Based Learning

“…Improving teacher's competency could be done using various attempts involving a number of parties such as the government (through its education agency), private parties, universities, and the school itself. Teacher competency could be improved through various attempts such as education and training (Aziz & Akhtar, 2014;Febrianis et al, 2014) and lesson study (Aimah et al, 2017). The training material could be adjusted to the participants' needs based on their field of study.…”

The Innovation of Hybrid Learning through Live 24-Hour Streaming Personal in the Learning Process in Higher Education of Vocational in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0

“…The technology of live personal streaming 24 hours can be used as an innovative media to always synchronize every student's curiosity towards lecture material [11], [12]. Also, 24 hours of live personal streaming will be able to make students think effectively because they can connect to the lecturers of course [13], [14].…”