Validating the Findings THE EVALUATION SYSTEM OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL BASED CURRICULUM (SBC) FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL : A Case Study at a Private Vocational School in Soreang, South Bandung, West Java.

all research is interpretive and that the researcher should be self-reflective about his or her role in the research, how he or she is interpreting the findings, and his or her personal and political history that shapes his or her interpretation Cresswell,2008. Thus, accuracy or credibility of the findings is of upmost importance. The strategies to determine the accuracy of the findings in the study are as follows: a. Triangulation Triangulation is the process of corroborating evidence from different individuals the teachers and the students, types of data observational field notes and interview or methods of data collection documents and interviews in descriptions in the qualitative study. In the study, the researcher examined each information source and found evidence to support a theme. This ensures that the study will be accurate because the information draws on multiple sources of information, individuals and processes Cresswell,2008. b. Member Checking Member checking is a process in which the researcher asks one or more participants in the study to check the accuracy of the account Cresswell,2008. The check involved taking the findings back to the participants and asking them in an interview about the accuracy of the report. The questions to the participants were about many aspects of the study, such as whether the description was complete, or the interpretation was fair and representative. c. External Audit External audits were also involved in the study to conduct a thorough review of the study and report back, the strength and weaknesses of the study. The auditors reviewed the study and communicated an evaluation of the study. Both of the researcher’s supervisors played a role as the auditors. Also some of the researcher’s best friend took a part as the auditors at the end of the study.

3.6 Synthesis

In this chapter, it has treated the design of the study, some techniques employed in collecting the data, the data analysis, the instruments used and the site of the study. The chapter has also stated strategies of validating the findings based on the outlined principles. The data presentation and findings will be discussed in the next chapter.

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1.1 Conclusions

The thesis reports the results of a study of the implementation of SBC especially in term of the evaluation system for the vocational school. The purpose of the research was to find out the implementation of SBC especially in term of the evaluation system in English teaching for the first, second, and the third grades students of a private vocational school in South Bandung. The research also sought to investigate the problems dealing with the evaluation system and also to describe the students’ responses toward the evaluation system at the school. The study used a case study research design which employed multiple data collection techniques, i.e. class observation, questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. The obtained data were, then, analyzed based on the related theories on the language evaluation system which were validated by triangulation. The study reveals three major findings related to the research questions. Firstly, results of the observation, interview, and document analysis shows that the concept of evaluation was various among teachers but in the practice of evaluation was quite similar. In the practice, the evaluation session is not only conducted during the tests or the assignments, but also any students’ responses in the learning activity and at the end of the class are considered to be the evaluation as well. The aspects to be evaluated including cognitive, affective and psychomotor. However, regarding the techniques of