Contribution of Pedagogical and Professional Competence of Teachers in Special Regions to Students^ Interest and Attitude toward Science Concepts
Reni Marlina (a*), Haratua Tiur Maria Silitonga (b), Erwina Oktavianty (b), Andri Maulidi (c)

a) Biology Education, Tanjungpura University
Jalan Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124, Indonesia
reni.marlina[at]fkip.untan.ac.id
b) Physics Education, Tanjungpura University
Jalan Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124, Indonesia
c) Mathematics and Science Study Program, Palangka Raya University
Jalan Yos Sudarso, Palangka Raya 74874, Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this research on the contribution of pedagogical and professional competence of teachers in special regions is to identify the correlation between students interest and attitude that are affected by differences in pedagogical and professional competence of teachers in special regions. The concepts analyzed are science concepts in the 7 and 8 grades. This study applied a comparative causal method with the number of samples involved totaling 109 students consisting of 3 school levels, namely the upper, middle and lower group schools with 2 schools respectively. Samples were randomly selected from all classes in each school. There were six teachers in special regions involved as participants, each of whom comes from the schools in the 3T (least developed, frontier and outermost) regions. The research data were obtained using 3 types of instruments in the form of teacher pedagogical and professional competence scale instruments, interest scale and attitude scale instruments. The data that had been obtained were analyzed using a non-parametric scale technique using the Chi Square statistical test of one sample. Based on the results of statistical tests, it was found that the teachers had a high pedagogical and professional level with dk = 2 and α = 0.05. There was a positive contribution of teachers pedagogical and professional competence to the students interest and attitude toward science concepts. In addition, from this study, it was also found that the contribution of teachers pedagogical and professional competence to the students interest and attitude fell into a high category on science concepts and students had a strong interest (66.7%) in science concepts contained in the curriculum. Thus, it can be concluded that teachers high level of pedagogical and professional competence has a positive effect on students interest and attitude toward science concepts.

Keywords: Special Region- Science Concepts- Students Interest

Topic: ESD in Science Education