The Performance of Social Studies Teachers in Junior High Schools in Palembang-Indonesia and Lampang-Thailand Implement Their Social Studies Curricula

Abstract

This research taims to determine the performance of social studies teachers in Indonesia and Lampang. The researchers conducted observations on social studies teacher respondents whom each school was represented by a social studies teacher in their respective schools in carrying out the social studies learning process. The observation uses an observation sheet that includes the opening stage, the core stage, and the closing stage. Each stage consists of preparing physically and mentally students, motivating students, delivering perceptions, delivering learning objectives, delivering material coverage. Furthermore, this activity includes activities retention of material, learning model/approach/strategy, and evaluation activities. In an average performance of teachers in teaching and learning social in junior high schools in Palembang-Indonesia and Lampang-Thailand are "good," in the open stage, most of them have prepared students physically and mentally motivate students to deliver apperception delivering learning objectives offering material coverage, and mentally motivate students to deliver apperception delivering learning objectives offering material coverage