EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Professional Competence After Attending Professional Development for In-Service Teachers

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10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_59How to use a DOI?

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English teacher; professional education program; teachers’ professional competence

Abstract

A teacher’s professional competence is the teacher’s ability to master content and knowledge beneficial. The professional competence of teachers is essential so that teachers master the scientific substance that overshadows the material. It correlated with the government’s role in preparing in-service teachers’ professional development. This study explores the perceptions of English teachers’ professional competence after participating in the teacher professional education program at Unismuh Makassar. This study was responded to by 47 English teachers who passed the selection through Indonesia’s teacher professional education program. Of those, 27 teachers came from junior high schools and 20 from high schools. This study used a Likert scale, classifying one (1) to five (5). It had a questionnaire survey to collect data. This study used percentages to analyze quantitative data collected from the questionnaire. The study results show that most English teachers positively perceive professional teacher education. The professional knowledge of English teachers is increasing after participating in the teacher professional education program. Therefore, it indicated that the teacher professional education program effectively improves the professional competence of teachers. This study recommends continuing professional education to help teachers enhance their professional potential in teaching English as a foreign language.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - St. Asriati Am
AU  - Syamsiarna Nappu
AU  - Nur Qalbi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Professional Competence After Attending Professional Development for In-Service Teachers
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 690
EP  - 696
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_59
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_59
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