3. Developing the relationship between English teachers to cooperate in
succeeding the implementation of 2013 curriculum in English teach- ing.
The result of study portrays that there were differences between seventh class English teachers in some points. This thing could be caused by the different
competence of teachers and also the less of cooperation between teachers. Having intense communication between English teachers especially relates to the English
teaching according 2013 curriculum can improve their teaching quality and also other important aspects. Through this way, the competence teacher is able to share
her or his knowledge effectively because they have same subject and also as partner as educator.
4. Building teachers’ awareness to be more professional teachers by
completing administrative aspect in education.
A teacher and educator is seen as professional profession in Indonesia. In this case, teacher duty is not only teaching the students but also educating them,
and also providing the administrative aspect such as designing lesson plan. From the result of research showed that some English teachers didn’t fulfill the
requirement of administrative side. Therefore, it is important for every teacher to be more aware on professionalism of teacher.
D. Direction for Future Research
This research focused on the teachers’ perspective on the implementation of 2013 curriculum in English lesson and conducted in limited short time.
However, it will be more comprehensive research to involve more subject research such as students and stakeholders in the school. Students are also
important aspect in education, hence, their perceptions are reasonable to be observed to dig out the implementation of 2013 curriculum. In other side,
stakeholders also had significant role in every policy made by the school, so their perceptions on this research are essential from administrative side. Moreover, this
research will also give accurate and comprehensive result if it is conducted in long
period such as one semester. Therefore, the addition of research subject and time research allotment will reveal more comprehensive data to this research.
E. Conclusion
2013 curriculum has already implemented in the middle of 2013. Many changes were made such as the disbandment of English in elementary school and
begun to be taught formally at junior high school. Scientific approach and authentic assessment which are the characteristic of this curriculum are seen as the
solution of Indonesian teaching to be more active and effective. So does in English lesson, scientific approach and authentic assessment can be a good way in
its teaching because they offer new concept of teaching. In the practice, the implementation of this curriculum faces many
challenges. The new approach of teaching that is scientific approach seems alien to some teachers, so the instruction process majorly remains on teachers’ ancient
paradigm. The common problem that is lesson plan design also affects its implementation. The teacher’s reluctance to design lesson plan, and the miss in
designing lesson plan are the problem in this case. Assessment process which adopts authentic assessment is seen as most crucial problem in this case. The
absence of scoring guideline, miss conducting of assessment process, and also computer
ization of students’ report was the problem in this aspect. Overall, the implementation of 2013 curriculum in English lesson at seventh class of SMPN 3
South Tangerang still faces many problems, hence, it hasn’t run well yet.
To overcome this problem, many sides need to cooperate well. The role of government as policy maker, the stakeholder as the supervisor, and the teacher as
the executor of curriculum is absolutely crucial. In order to achieve 2013 curriculum objective, they have to act well according to this curriculum based on
their role.
F. The Limitation of Research
The research with the title “English Teachers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of 2013 Curriculum A Case Study at Seventh Class of SMPN 3
Kategori