The Training Implementation in Improving The Pedagogical Competence of Teachers for A Quality Education in Madrasas

Abstract

The quality of education at madrasas is considered low due to its percentage of students’ graduation and its number of students who continue their study to higher education. The most influencing factor that contribute to this are the low quality teachers regarding to the qualification and competence, especially in pedagogical competence. The government’s efforts to improve the madrasas teachers’ pedagogical competence is through the trainings for teachers. Related to this, this research was aimed to evaluating the implementation of trainings for teachers and how this trainings affected the teachers’ pedagogical competence, by a case study by using the questionnaire, the test and observation on the teachers’ pedagogical performance towards 104 teachers coming from four provinces in Indonesia. The results of the research showed that the implementation of the training for teachers were good except the indicator of curriculum and syllabus; the teachers’ pedagogical competence after the training was good except the indicator of the developing students’ potential; and there was increasing in the teachers’ competence after the training as shown in the result of T test. It is strongly reccomended to the teacher training curriculum developer to improve the quality of curriculum and syllabus and adapt them with the needs of the teachers and emphazise on the development of students’.