Journal of Educational Sciences
Vol 2. No. 1. January 2018

Perceptions of Certified EFL Teachers Pertaining to Teacher Certification Program in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Syafar, Anshari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jan 2018

Abstract

The state and condition of Indonesian teachers have graduallychanged to a better nuance due to the compensation of teacher certificationprogram (TCP). The program has conceivably raised the status of theteachers in social and economic lives. However, the impact of the programon the improvement of overall teacher‘s quality—teaching performance asmandated by Teacher and Lecturer Law remains questionable, and the bigquestion is what and how teachers perceive and act in response to theobjective of the program. The program aims not only to increase theteachers‘ salary, but also to improve the quality of their teachingperformance based on the teacher standard competence, that is pedagogical,personality, social, and professional competences. Therefore, the studyexplore and describe certified EFL teachers‘ perceptions concerning benefitsof the program on thier social and economic lives, improvement and qualityof their teaching practices; perceptions on the ways management ran theprogram; and expectations for better services of the TCP management.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JES

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Subject

Religion Humanities Education Library & Information Science Other

Description

JES publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring regionally and internationally in the educational sciences with the aim to advance our knowledge both in term of theory and practice. Moreover, this journal also covers the issues concerned with the following special sections: ...