A Model for Upgrading Teachers’ Competence on Operating Computer as Assistant of Instruction

This research based on a preliminary study that the quality of teachers in Indonesia nowadays not much different from 2007. The teachers did not apply ideal teaching strategy, they did not realize the change of school based curriculum into curriculum 2013. The result of preliminary observation revealed that the teachers could not operate computer as well, the national result of teachers’ competency test on August and October in 2012 was low and also UNESCO (2011) stated that ICT in education policies have to tackle teacher competencies, learning materials, ICT equipment, student and teacher’s motivation. This study was aimed at implementing A Model for Upgrading Teacher’s Competence on Operating Computer as Assistant of Instruction. This study related to recent research at Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, United State of America, Iran, Kenya and Tanzania that the computer assisted instruction as a supplementary instructional strategy in effective teaching, it includes providing teachers with professional development, and in order to successfully implement ICT in educational practice. A Research and Development (RD) approach was conducted in this study. Ninety four (94) secondary school teachers were selected as sample by using purposive technique from five hundred fifty (550) populations that were used as pilot test to determine the effect of this model toward the teachers’ competence on operating computer. The findings revealed that a model was considered valid, practical and effective. This conclusion is relevance to both teachers and the educational policy in Indonesia. This research implies needs to be consideration not just of how to bolt and weld computer science into the curriculum, but also how to ensure that teachers remain equipped to teach pupils fundamental ICT skills