The Development of Attitudes and Professional Skills of ECE Teachers Field Introduction Activities

Abstract

Candidates for early childhood education teachers need to have a number of competencies that demonstrate the professionalism of early childhood education teachers. Efforts to help undergraduate students of early childhood education teacher education have the ability to develop a professional attitude are provided by learning programs including the school field introduction program (SFI). The general objectives of this study are to describe, 1) the competence of attitudes and professional skills that early childhood education teachers need to have; 2) the commitment of PGPAUD students to develop professional attitudes and skills that teachers in early childhood education need to have; and 3) students' perceptions of the school field introduction program. This research was conducted using descriptive quantitative research with a sample of 64 students of undergraduate education teacher education for early childhood education at the Universitas Negeri Medan, Faculty of Education. Data was collected using a questionnaire and followed interview by focus group discussion. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics which were complemented by qualitative analysis. The results obtained indicate that: 1) the competence of attitudes and professional skills that early childhood education teachers need to have consists of seven dimensions of professionalism whose descriptions are 120 indicators, 2) 92% of PGPAUD undergraduate students have a high commitment to developing the attitudes and professional skills of PAUD teachers through the (SFI) program, and 3) 88% of undergraduate students in early childhood education teacher education have a good perception of the school field introduction program they have undertaken. The results of this study are expected to be used as study material in developing a school field introduction program and an attitude and professionalism development program for early childhood education teachers as a whole.

Praktikalitas dan Efektivitas Buku Pedoman PLP Calon Guru PAUD berbasis TPACK

“…Upaya yang dapat dilakukan oleh universitas untuk membantu mahasiswa S1 pendidikan guru agar memiliki kemampuan mengembangkan sikap profesional mereka adalah dengan menyediakan program pembelajaran pemagangan mahasiswa calon guru di sekolah (Yus et al, 2021). Untuk itulah, seluruh mahasiswa Program Sarjana Pendidikan wajib mendapatkan pelatihan profesional guru dengan mengikuti tahapan pemagangan penyiapan calon guru profesional melalui mata kuliah Pengenalan Lapangan Persekolahan.…”