Being a Professional Teacher

65 the solution, and gain their English comprehension. Besides, as a professional teacher it is required to have good service quality, spirit, morale, and commitment of an occupation. In the conclusion, the formation of the participants’ teacher professional identity majorly formed by the prior experiences. The experiences they had made them aware of themselves. They knew how to deal with themselves by taking some actions for the solution because the insufficient knowledge they have led them to keep maintaining the self esteem. However, their formation on the teacher professional identity did not comprise the competence of their English comprehension. Whereas, being a professional teacher needs to cover four competencies proposed by Mulyasa.

B. Recommendations

The researcher would like to give some recommendations. The recommendations presented to the future researchers. This research has explained the description of professional identity formation of these three students of PPG. For future researchers, this research aims to inspire and give information for future researchers. This can be used as a reference in conducting other research related to professional identity. Also, this research can be as a background of new research to develop more about professional identity formation. There are three points suggestions for future researchers. First, future researchers may conduct a research which focuses on what factors that contribute PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 66 the teacher professional identity formation are, reasons that support the teacher professional identity formation are, and strategies of forming the teacher professional identity are. Second, the future researcher may conduct observation to analyze the formation of teacher professional identity. The last, since this study only employed focus group interviews which conducted twice, the researcher recommends future researchers to conduct a deeper investigation by employing also an individual interview to clarify or to go deeper on what the participants have stated in the focus group interview. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 67 REFERENCES Antonek, J. L., McCormick, D. E., Donato, R. 1997. The student portfolio as autobiography: Developing a professional identity. Modern Language Journal, 81 1, 15 –27. Ary, D., Jacobs, L. C., Sorensen, C. Razavieh, A. 2010. Introduction to resea rch in education. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Avalos, B. De Los Rios, D. 2013. Reform environment and teacher identity in Chile. In D. B. Napier S. Majhanovich Ed., Education, dominance and identity pp. 153-175. Rotterdam: Sense Bandura, A. 1989. Human agency in social cognitive theory. American Psychologist, 44 , 1175-1184. Beijaard, D., Meijer, P. C., Verloop, N. 2004. Reconsidering research on teachers’ professional identity. Teaching and Teacher Education , 20 2, 107-128. Bereiter, C. 1994. Constructivism, socioculturalism, and Poppers World 3. Educational Researcher, 23 7, 21-23. Budiraharjo, M. Lasar, A. B. 2016. Pedagogi berkepedulian: Kisah-kisah naratif program profesi guru PBI Universitas Sanata Dharma. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press. Budiyati, S. Tri. 2012. English teachers’ professional development through lesson study. Skripsi. Program S2, Kajian Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Bullough, R. V. 1997. Practicing theory and theorizing practice in teacher education. Teaching about teaching: Purpose, passion and pedagogy in teacher education , 13-31. Cast, A., Burke, P. 2002. A theory of self-esteem. Social Forces, 80 3, 1041- 1068. Chong, S., Low, E. L., Goh, K. C. 2011. Emerging professional teacher identity of pre-service teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 8, 50-64. Creswell, J. W. 2009. Research design: Qualitative, quantitavie and mixed methods approaches. Los Angeles: SAGE Publication Inc. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI