Teacher’s Pedagogic Competence in Teaching English at Secondary School Level

Abstract

Pedagogical Competence is one kind of competencies that completely need to be mastered by teachers. Pedagogical competence refers to educational and teaching qualifications. One of the qualifications, the teachers should have the ability to manage and run the process of teaching and learning in the classroom. The aims of study are to know how the teacher’s pedagogical competence in teaching English. This study used Descriptive approach using mix method and the data were structured observation, questionnaire, and interview. The subjects of this study are an English teacher and 36 students of SMPN 16 Bengkulu Selatan. The findings of this study showed that the pedagogical competence of student is enough in medium category in can be seen at data interview and observation, and supported with the score of students’ perception on teachers’ pedagogical competence in teaching English were 27.2. The forms include: comprehend the qualities of understudies, this is finished utilizing an individual methodology, learning procedures, learning techniques, and learning materials that suit with students need. For aspects of teacher understanding of learning theory and learning principles which emphasizes very much on manuals, for the parts of educational program advancement educators just comprehend a little about the standards of educational plan improvement. Instructors aggregate schedule and exercise plans dependent on MGP. Based on the results of this study, the researcher suggested to the teachers that they should try to improve their strategy and competence when teaching in the class. The main problem of English Teachers are focusing only on the book instruction, not using English while teaching, and just giving the learners assignments without giving explanation in advance. There are also the solutions of all the problems like joining learning seminar or teacher forum.

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“…In today's education and learning system, the presence of teachers in the teaching and learning process still plays an important role. The competencies possessed by each teacher will show the quality of teachers in teaching and learning so that these competencies will be realized in the form of professional mastery of the material in carrying out their functions as teachers (Liakopoulou, 2011;Purnama et al, 2021). The competencies needed by a teacher can be obtained both through formal and non-formal education based on experience and knowledge.…”

“…The school determines the importance of teacher competence in the relationship between learning activities and student learning outcomes (Liakopoulou, 2011;Pahrudin et al, 2016), its structure, and curriculum content but mainly by the competence of teachers who teach and guide their students. To understand how important the teaching profession is, the following competencies that must be possessed by teachers are: (a) teachers must master knowledge of the subject matter being taught; (b) teachers are active members of teacher professional organizations, read professional journals, engage in dialogue with fellow teachers, develop methodological skills, foster students and subject matter; (c) teachers understand the learning process in the sense that students understand learning objectives, expectations and procedures that occur in the classroom; (d) teachers are "educational intermediaries" who do not need to know everything, but at least know how and where to acquire knowledge; (e) the teacher carries out the behavior according to the desired model in front of the students; (f) teachers are open to change, dare to take risks and are ready to take responsibility; (g) the teacher organizes the class and plans lessons carefully; (h) teachers must constantly improve their abilities, for example in teaching strategies; (i) teachers must be optimistic about student learning conditions and prepare positive and conducive learning situations; and (j) teachers should try to make special efforts to show how the subject matter relates to everyday life (Liakopoulou, 2011;Madjid et al, 2020;Purnama et al, 2021).…”