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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter gives information on how this study is conducted. There are six parts on this chapter; research method, research participants, research
instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
Since the aim of this research was to find out student teachers’ perception on the role of the supervising lecturers and the supervising teachers in PPL, the
method which was used to gain the data was descriptive research. According to Ary, et al 2002, p.381 “Descriptive research studies are designed to obtain
information concerning the current status of phenomena.” In doing this research, the researcher conducted a survey. The survey
included two main instruments in collecting the data; questionnaire and interview as stated by Sprinthall, Schumutte and Sirois 1991, p.93 that “survey research is
designed to collect information from samples by using questionnaire and interview”. The guideline of making the question insides the questionnaire and
interview on the role of supervising teachers and supervising teachers was taken from PPL’s manual book, Pedoman Pelaksanaan Program Pengalaman
Lapangan. The researcher looked for student teachers’ perception on the role of
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the supervising lecturers and the supervising lecturers in order to find student teachers’ perception on the role of supervising teachers and supervising lecturers
in PPL, student teachers’ suggestion on the role of supervising teachers and supervising lecturers in PPL and to find solution on some issues happened in PPL
such as when supervising teachers and supervising lecturers could not do some of their tasks.
B. Research Setting
The research was conducted in two different sections. The first one was held on 21st November 2011. On this day the data was obtained in the form of
questionnaire. The second research was held on 15th December 2011. On this second research, the data was obtained in the form of focused interview.
C. Research Participants Subjects
In order to get the data, the researcher used sample survey because some of the student teachers were still doing PPL and have not finished PPL yet. Sample
survey is ‘a study that studies only a portion of the population’ Ary, et al, 2002. The researcher used purposive sampling to look for the respondents of the
questionnaire. According to Cohen “in purposive sampling, researchers handpick the cases to be included in the sample on the basis of their judgement of their
typicality, in this way, they build a sample that is saticfactory to their specific needs” 2000, p. 103. In this research, the researcher pick-up forty student
teachers, academic year 2008 2009, who have just finished PPL as the
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respondents of the questionnaire. For the interview section, the researcher used convenience sampling or it is sometimes called accidental or opportunity
sampling to look for the respondents. According to Cohen ‘convenience sampling involves nearest individuals to serve as the respondents, or the
researcher simply chooses the sample from those to whom she he has easy access’ 2000, p. 102. In this research, the researcher took four student teachers
as the interviewee.
D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
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