Detail The Necessity of Synchornizing the EFL Teachers' Perception with Their Behavior to Upgrade Professionalism   Oleh:  Suwartono Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language: The 1st COTEFL International Conference, Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto, 1-2 May 2009, page 31-38. Topik: perception; behavior; professionalism Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 406 CTE 1 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1  Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Though, according to recent paradigm of pedagogy, learners play a central role in the success of education, it does not mean that teachers are less important. Teachers remain to contribute a lot in another way. Therefore, teachers have to improve and maintain their professionalism. Perception constitutes a factor highly influential in shaping professionalism, as professionalism deals with behavior. This paper presents the result of a survey on teachers' perception of the roles they can play within the learning-teaching context. The survey used convenience sampling with total respondents of 61. The respondents were Senior High School teachers of English in the area of Central Java Province. The data was collected through questionnaire. On overall, the survey showed that the EFL teachers had 'right' perception of teacher roles. However, they had 'wrong' perception, too. The faulty perception was about the main job of a teacher, which is to give explanations to the students; the need for the teacher to be always present among students in the class; and the belief that "noisy" (English) class is bad. Unfortunately, in practice, the teachers' behavior was to some degree inconsistent with their suitable perception of the roles. Result of this survey has suggested that an approach to bridging the gap between the teachers' perception and their behavior is crucial. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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