Are Indonesian Teachers Ready to Face Disruptive Learning? A Case Study from Economic Teachers in East Java

Abstract

The readiness of teachers facing the learning era must be investigated because teachers must be creative to improve student’s learning experiences. Using the TPACK framework, there is a complex relationship between teachers’ knowledge of technology, pedagogy, and content which in the research focuses on economics knowledge. Thus, this study has three objectives. First, to determine the ability, knowing their capacity in age and gender of high school/vocational teachers in East Java. The data were collected from 189 teachers in high schools/vocational in East Java. The collected data were analyzed using a descriptive quantitative method. The main findings revealed that 90% of teachers had high mastery of technology knowledge, nearly a 100% of teachers had high pedagogical competence, and the majority had moderate economics knowledge. Furthermore, based on gender and age, no significant difference was observed in technological knowledge, pedagogy competence, and economics knowledge in East Java high schools/vocational teachers. Keywords: learning, pedagogy, teacher, technology