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4. For Future Researchers
The finding of this research can inspire and motivate the next researchers who will conduct the research on the same topic. It can also give more
information about the implementation of teacher‟s guidebook of 2013 Curriculum
in the teaching and learning activities. This research can be one of their sources.
F. Definition of Terms
The researcher provides the definition of terms as follows: 1.
Perception
According to Gibson, Ivancevich and Donnelly 1985, “Perception
involves receiving stimuli, organizing the stimuli, and translating or interpreting the organized stimuli so as to influence behavior and form attitudes” p. 61. In
this research, perception means the interpretation of the English teachers towards the
implementation of teacher‟s guidebook of 2013 Curriculum in the teaching and learning activities.
2. Guidebook
According to Finney 2001, the goal of the activities in the handbook is to strengthen teaching and increase opportunities for students learning. Handbook
here refers to teacher‟s guidebook. The teacher‟s guidebook is expected to help teachers and students in the teaching and learning activities. In this research, the
guidebook refers to the teacher‟s guidebook given by the government that is the
teacher‟s guidebook of 2013 Curriculum. The teacher‟s guidebook consists of learning instructions about what the teachers should do with the material.
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3. Curriculum
According to Arifin 2011, curriculum is the entire school programs and all of the people involved in it. Based on the definition, a curriculum means a set
of teaching program and instruction which is designed to develop the education system in a country and practiced by the entire school programs and all of the
parties involved in it. Curriculum is a set of planning and setting of the objectives, contents, and the material of the teaching and learning process that is used as a
guideline in realization of the teaching to achieve the goal of the certain education UU No. 20 Th. 2003 Tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional. In this research, the
curriculum refers to the 2013 Curriculum which is the new curriculum in Indonesia.
4. The English Teachers
In this research, there were three English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Bantulwho become the participants. The teachers are the seventh grade English
teachers. There are four English teachers who teach seventh grade. However the researcher only takes three of the four English teachers as the participants. It is
because one of the four English teachers becomes the teacher advisor for PPL students there and she is so busy to guide the PPL students.
5. SMP Negeri 1 Bantul
The researcher takes SMP Negeri 1 Bantul as the target school to gain the data. This school is located on Jl. Ra. Kartini No.44, Kec. Bantul, Kab. Bantul,
Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55714, Indonesia. The researcher conducts the research in the seventh grade. SMP Negeri 1 Bantul is a pilot project school for
10 the implementation 2013 Curriculum in Bantul. Today, SMP Negeri 1 Bantul still
implements the 2013 Curriculum, as a consequence of its status of pilot project‟s
school for the implementation of 2013 Curriculum. SMP Negeri 1 Bantul has implemented the 2013 Curriculum since 2013. It is since the first year of the
implementation of 2013 Curriculum. The students of SMP Negeri 1 Bantul have collected a lot of achievements,
from the level of national up to international. Naturally, these achievements give positive impacts on the existence of SMP Negeri1 Bantul .Here, the researcher
provides the list of students‟ achievements during the last two years see appendix F.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In this chapter, the researcher discusses some theories related to the research questions. This chapter is divided into two parts: they are theoretical
description and theoretical framework. The first part talks about theories related to this research. The second part talks about the contribution of the theories and
reviews in solving the problems of the research.
A. Theoretical Description
1. Perception
There are some definitions of perception from the experts. According to Altman, Valenzi and Hodgetts 1985, “Perception is the way stimuli are selected
and grouped by a person so that they can be meaningfully interpreted”p. 85. Furthermore, a
ccording to McShane and Glinow 2005, “Perception is the process of receiving information and making sense of the world around us”p. 76.
Gibson, Ivancevich and Donnely 1985 state that perception is the process by which an individual gives meaning to the environment. It means that perception is
someone‟s point of view towards something. Each person will give different views in the same things. Two or more people can look at the same object and
perceive it differently. In 1985, Gibson, Ivancevich and Donnelly also state “Perception involves receiving stimuli, organizing the stimuli, and translating or
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