Wiralodra English Journal (WEJ)
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal

PRE SERVICE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

atikah wati (Wiralodra University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2019

Abstract

This study investigated the implementation of scientific approach in apprenticeship program. It is aimed to describe and capture how pre service teachers implement scientific approach which consists of observing, questioning, exploring, associating and communicating in their teaching practice. What problems they faced during their teaching practice and how pre service teachers solve those problems. This study used a qualitative research design. The subjects of this study were three students of English Department of Wiralodra University who were doing apprenticeship program. Observation and questionnaire were used to validate the data. The findings showed that the three pre service teachers had implemented scientific approach in their teaching speaking although there still a lot of imperfectness and it can be concluded that between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teacher candidates, the 3rd was the best to implement the scientific approach. The three pre service teachers also found problems in their teaching such in the process of questioning stage. However, both teacher candidates were able to solve the problem by not ask too many questions to the students, but have to guide the students to ask questions to help the students do the activity independently

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Journal Info

Abbrev

wej

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Description

Wiralodra English Journal is published twice a year, in March and September. This journal welcomes articles in the form of research reports or library research on English Education, Linguistics, Literature, and Translation that have never been submitted for consideration nor published ...