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with their supervising teacher and the supervising lecturer so that they become confused about what they are going to do.
That is why the researcher would like to make a research on student teachers of English Language Study Program’s perception on the role of
supervising teacher and supervising lecturer in Program Pengalaman Lapangan in order to help supervising teacher and supervising lecturer to optimize their role
in guiding student teachers in PPL so that student teachers can prepare themselves to be good teachers.
B. Research Problems
Based on the background, there are two questions formulated in this research.
1. What is student teachers’ perception on the role of supervising teacher and supervising lecturer in their PPL?
2. What are student teachers’ suggestions on the role of supervising teacher and supervising lecturer in PPL in order to help them to improve their role in
guiding student teachers during PPL process?
C. Problem Limitation
Since the researcher would like to conduct research on student teachers of English Language Education Study Program’s perception on the role of
supervising lecture and supervising teacher, the focus of this research is student teachers of English Language Education Study Program’s especially student
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teachers on the seventh semester who have already taken PPL course perception on the role of supervising lecturer and supervising teacher.
This research, once again, focuses on the role of supervising lecturer and supervising lecturer which is directly related to student teachers based on the task
of supervising lecturer and supervising teacher provided on PPL manual book Pedoman Pelaksanaan Program Pengalaman Lapangan FKIP, 2007.
D. Research Objectives
This research is conducted in order to find: 1. student teachers’ perception on the role of supervising teacher and supervising
lecturer during PPL; and 2. student teachers’ suggestions on the role of supervising teacher and supervising
lecturer in PPL in order to help them to improve their role in guiding student teachers during PPL process.
E. Research Benefits
The findings of this research are expected to be beneficial for:
1. Student teachers of English Language Education of Sanata Dharma University
This research provides information about what actually the task of supervising teacher and supervising lecturer are, based on Pedoman Pelaksanaan
Program Pengalaman Lapangan, a manual book of PPL which is made by Teachers Training and Education Faculty of Sanata Dharma University in 2007.
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Besides, this research also provides the role of the supervising teacher and the supervising lecturer in the real situation based on student teachers’ perception.
Student teachers’ perception will be varied from the negative up to the positive one based on their experiences in PPL. The student teachers on this thesis not
only give their perception but also their suggestions to supervising teacher, supervising lecturer and the PPL program.
By reading this thesis, student teachers who are going to take PPL can know about the role of supervising teacher and supervising lecturer. So they can
ask their right which must be fulfilled by supervising lecturer and supervising teacher. Besides, if supervising teacher and supervising lecturer cannot do their
role in helping student teachers as stated on their job description based on PPL’s manual book because of other academic business, in this thesis the student
teachers can find some solutions by reading the experiences of student teachers who have finished their PPL.
2. Lecturers especially in English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who often become supervising lecturer in PPL
This research has mentioned the problem formulation in the beginning of this chapter which is formulated to find out student teachers’ perception on the
role of the supervising teacher and the supervising lecturer, and students teachers’ suggestion on the role of the supervising teacher and the supervising lecturer.
By conducting the research which can answer those two questions, the lecturer is expected to know and understand what is actually needed by the
student teachers during their PPL. This research also helps the lecturer recall their
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duty during PPL such as helping the student teachers reach their goal; teaching English in the real situation. The researcher understands that a lecturer has many
tasks to do, but as shehe has already given the duty as a supervising lecturer for PPL students, of course the lecturer must cooperate well with the students. Beside
knowing herhis task in PPL and knowing what is actually students’ expectation, by reading this thesis the supervising lecturer can also know many solutions given
by the student teachers if the lecturer cannot do some of their tasks. For example, the lecturer did not have enough time for the student to consult their progress. On
this research one of the student teachers said that they still can use technology for example by using e-mail.
3. Teachers who often become supervising teacher of PPL students
This research expects the teacher to know and understand what is actually needed by the students during their PPL students’ expectation on the role of the
lecturers. Supervising teacher can know what exactly his her role in PPL is and the teacher can also know many suggestions and solutions from the students in
many different problems which occur in school.
F. Definition of Terms
For the sake of avoiding misunderstanding, the researcher provides some definition of terms used in this study.
1. Perception Based on Suparinah 1986, perception is an active process in which a
person views a stimulus together with his experiences, motivation and attitudes.
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Another researcher, Sternberg 1988, p.8, defines perception as “the way human perceives the world. Furthermore it is the ability to see, hear, or understand things;
awareness.” Robbins 2001 also defined perception as a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give
meaning on their environment. From all of the definitions above it means that perception is what comes in human mind as the result of their experiences about
something. In this study, perception refers to what comes to student teachers’ mind about their supervising lecturer and supervising teacher in PPL based on
what they knew, saw, felt, and experienced during PPL process. 2. Role
In this study, role is the way supervising teacher and supervising lecturer involving themselves to guide and help student teachers during PPL process.
3. Program Pengalaman Lapangan PPL In this study, PPL KPE 369 or Program Pengalaman Lapangan is a
program which is designed to make the student teachers practice in order to have complete and integrated teaching skills FKIP, 2007, p. 7.
4. Supervising Teacher In this study, supervising teacher is an English teacher who is pointed by
the school to accompany and help student teachers of English Education Study Program during PPL in a school where the teacher works.
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5. Supervising lecturer In this study, supervising lecturer is a lecturer of English Language
Education Study Program who is pointed by the faculty as a supervising lecturer for some student teachers who are doing PPL.
6. Student teacher In this study, student teachers are students who study at English Language
Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University and have already finished or have been doing PPL.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter discusses the related literature as the reference theories for the study on this research as has been explained before on Chapter I. On this review
of related literature, there are two parts which will be discussed; they are theoretical description and theoretical framework.
A. Theoretical Description
In this section, the theories that are mainly discussed are the theories of perception, factors influencing perception, the relationship between perception and the
ways of human thinking and learning, PPL, and the job descriptions of supervising teachers and supervising lecturers in PPL.
1. Perception As has been explained on the definition of term in Chapter I, in this study
perception is what comes in human mind as the result of their experience including what people see, hear and understand about something. Szilagyi and
Wallace 1980, p. 70 said “Perception is defined to process by which individuals attend to incoming stimuli, organize and then interpret such stimuli into a message
that in turn indicates an appropriate action and behavior”. Robbins 2001 also explained perception as a process by which individuals organize and interpret
their sensory impressions in order to give meaning on their environment.
