Build an Effective Teacher Competencies

By: Drs Anton Sunarto MPD
The development of adult education is so fast. In line with technological advances and globalization - (merapatnya world increasingly becomes one, with no time limit and without baffles). The rapid development it is necessary to offset the ability of the main perpetrator in this case teacher education. Professional capacity and skills they need to be improved.


For some teachers, deal with rapid changes in education can bring anxiety and fear effects. Change and reform in general bring a lot of anxiety and discomfort. Implications of changes in education, not an easy matter, because it contains technical and practical consequences, and psychology for teachers. Eg curriculum changes, or changes in education policy. Change is not just a change in curriculum structure and content. Or simply change the content of learning. But changes that require changes in attitudes and behaviors of teachers. For example changes the character, mental, methods and strategies in learning.

Classroom learning activities related to methodologies and strategies. How a teacher uses methods and strategies for effective learning and fun; determined by the ability and skills of teachers. A fun learning can create a dynamic learning, and democratic.

Use of computer-based learning technology becomes imperative. The teachers should be quick to adapt. A teacher who stuttering technology, became a necessity to use computer technology in the learning process in class. And computers have become foreign to him. Advances in technology (computer) it should be easier for teachers in implementing educational task is to embrace. Learning in any classroom come alive, interesting, and fun. Classroom situation that is fun, and dynamic class management, can facilitate the achievement of learning goals.

As is known for teaching quantum terms, quatum learing, and enjoy learning in the practice of teaching in schools, essentially to develop a model and strategies for effective learning in an atmosphere of fun and meaningful.

Effective teacher means a teacher democratic. Democratic teachers usually choose the method of dialogic learning. Teachers and students together as subjects in the learning process. The learning process becomes a process of discovery together. The process was carried out with the atmosphere in the class fun and need each other. To achieve such learning conditions, requires the presence of learning reform movement. From learning to active learning tradisional-statis/monoton-creative and fun. According to Paulo Freire static and traditional learning in the form of learning "style of the bank." In a simple antagonism Freire arrange learning "style of the bank" like this: teachers teaching - student learning, the teacher knows everything - student does not know anything; teachers' thinking - students think; teachers talking - students listening; teachers set - set pupil, the teacher chose and impose his choice - students comply; teachers act - the students to imagine how to act in accordance with the actions of teachers; teachers to choose what will be taught - students adjust. In view of Paulo Freire, education "bank style", the student becomes the object of oppression education. Education where the teacher does not emancipate the learner.

Seven Sins teachers

In the context of education in our country, education "bank style" as told Paulo Freire incarnated in the form of 7 (seven) major sins which is often done by teachers. Seven sins of teachers are:

a. Take shortcuts in teaching;

b. waiting for new learners to behave negatively reprimanded;

c. using destructive discipline while fostering students;

d. ignore the uniqueness of learners while teaching (students less capable and able to be treated the same students in teaching and learning);

e. lazy to learn and improve skills for being the most clever and know;
f. unfair (deskriminatif); and

g. force the rights of learners.

Teachers as a factor determining the quality of education. Because teachers face to face with the learners in the learning process in class. In the hands of their teachers' quality of personality is formed. Therefore, we should figure teachers are competent, responsible, skilled, and dedicated.

The fact of low competence and skills of teachers expressed Fasli Djalal DIKNAS former Director General of Quality Improvement and Education Workforce Education some time ago nearly half of the approximately 2.6 million teachers in Indonesia are not eligible to teach in school. While the input of teachers in Indonesia is very weak. Data Research and Development pointed PNS prospective teacher test participants after the study was conducted field tests on average test scores are very low selection. Of the 6164 candidates were tested biological biology teacher when the average score was only 44.96; from 396 teacher candidates Chemistry Chemical tested an average score of 43.55 achieved. Of the 7558 candidates for English teachers on average test results achieved only 37.57.

The teacher is the curriculum current. How well the curriculum and the existing education system, without the support of teachers' ability, everything will be in vain. Competent and effective teachers, primary responsibility for guarding the development of learners until a maximum point. The ultimate goal of all teacher mentoring process is the growth of an intact adult personal.
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