Improving Teachers' Competence and Students' Character Through Lesson Study

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10.2991/ice-17.2018.33How to use a DOI?

Keywords

lesson study; competence; character; student

Abstract

Lesson study (LS) at senior and junior high schools (SMAN 1, SMPN 1 and SMPN 2 Palu) in Palu have been implementing since 2011 until 2016. It was supported by LS Grant of Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education (PMIPA) FKIP Tadulako University, Fundamental Grant and Community Service Grant. The purpose of this activity was to improve the competence of teachers to implement quality learning and to form a positive character in each student. The method used was the character identification of students which cover attitude, cognitive, and skill. Training teachers in implementing the learning that patterned in LS started with a plan, do, and see to be applied to the implementation of learning. Furthermore, the other activity was mentoring teachers who have been trained. The results obtained were; in 2011 until 2012, all teachers of Mathematics and Science at the partner school still studied and reviewed the patterns of LS. In 2013, it was identified that the attitudes and skills of SMAN 1 Palu students of science class required attention. When a student in that school was given 2 times of LS learning, then there was a positive impact on the development of student character. In 2014, LS was performed in SMPN 1 Palu to all fields of study. Then all teachers were instructed to give LS continues as the service programs. Every Saturday all teachers to continue to implement LS, especially subjects that include the national exam (UN). As the result, students of SMPN 1 Palu dominated the top 10 rankings of UN in the province. In conclusion, it can be said that LS will provide better results to teachers and students if LS applies continuous and sustainable.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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