Teachers’ Perceptions on Application of 2013 Curriculum for Elementary School in Medan - 1 - Research article

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Study explores teachers’ perceptions regarding the implementation of the 2013 curriculum for elementary schools in Medan, focusing on the Medan Selayang subdistrict. Three teachers from different public elementary schools participate, with data collected through interviews about curriculum application, perceived difficulties, and proposed solutions. Analysis categorizes perceptions, including specific and situation characteristics. Results show the dominant perception type as Specific Characteristics–Situation, shaped more by perceived conditions than by surrounding social context.

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Advances in Language and Literary Studies ISSN: 2203-4714 [www.alls.aiac.org.au](www.alls.aiac.org.au) | Teachers’Perceptions on Application Of 2013 Curriculum for Elementary School in Medan
Windha Zulhernanda*
Department of English Applied Linguistics (LTBI), State University in Medan (UNIMED), North Sumatera, Indonesia Corresponding Author: Windha Zulhernanda, [E-mail: windhafiz@gmail.com](E-mail: windhafiz@gmail.com) | | | --- | --- | | ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT
Curriculum is a set of educational design programs as a guide for learning activities. Recentchanges in curriculum implementation in education have an impact on teachers in implementing them.This study investigated about the teacher perception on application the newest curriculum such as the 2013 curriclum for elementary school in Medan, especially Medan Selayang subdisrict. The participant of this study were 3 teachers that taught in different public elementary school in Medan Selayang sucdistrict. There were 2 female teachers and 1 male teacher. The techniques of collecting the data by interview the teacher about application 2013 curriculum in their class. The data analysis have beenanalyzed by their perception from the their statements about the difficulties and the solution when applied the 2013 curriculum by Rao, V. S. Pand then analyzed based on the types of perception, such as Perceivers-Specific Characteristics, TargetSpecific Characteristics, Situation-Specific Characteristics.The result of this study was (1) the dominant types of the third teacher’s perception was Specific Characteristics-Situation. (2) the participant gains that perception greater than the social context that surrounds it, because such social influences and citation as those listed in transcript can affect the behavior and thinking of the individual by stating that the 2013 curriculum is still a lot offlaws and should need revision again. because the participant sees the condition based on what they see, what they feel, and it will be what they think. | | Article history
Received: December 08 2017
Accepted: January 13 2018
Published: February 28, 2017
Volume: 9 Issue: 1
Advance access: January 2018 | | | Conflicts of interest: None
Funding: None | | | Key words:
Perception,
2013 Curriculum,
Teacher,
Elementary School | | INTRODUCTION Curriculum change is a long and arduous process. Administrators and teachers begin by consulting the national and state standards written for the various content disciplines that establish what should be taught at each grade level. Curriculum developers sometimes suggest how the content should be taught, but rarely do they guide educators as to how to implement the curriculum itself. Other challenges exist in the curriculum change process. Not only do teachers lack direction regarding curriculum change, they lack the time to learn the new curriculum. Insufficient knowledge in a given discipline tempts a teacher to skim topics, regardless of the district’s curriculum document. Experienced, but unmotivated, teachers can fallback on past teaching habits, teaching the new content in a lack-luster way so as to render the content of new curriculum meaningless (Orrill & Anthony, 2003) . The word “Perseptions” always uses in our daily activity. But, what is the actual meaning of perceptions? According to Sarwono, S.W (1983:89), Perceptions is asomeones’ ability for organize some observation, the ability such as ability to distinguish, group and focus something that found. Because of that, someone people have the way different perceptions. It is possible because there are some distinguish in assessment system and the characteristic of their ownself. Based on the observation, many elementary school which applied the 2013 curriculum in their school, especially in Medan Selayang District. There were 30 elementary school in there. Such as 22 private elementary schools and 8 public elementary schools. the researcher f

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What is the study focusing on regarding the 2013 curriculum?

The study investigates teachers’ perceptions about applying the 2013 curriculum in elementary schools, particularly in Medan Selayang.

How was the data collected in this study?

Data were collected by interviewing three teachers about how they apply the 2013 curriculum in their classrooms, including difficulties and solutions.

What was the dominant type of teacher perception found?

The dominant perception type among the third teacher was Specific Characteristics–Situation.

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