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B. Problem Formulation
1. Do the students experience changes in career selection after following
Teaching Practice Program Program Pengalaman Lapangan? 2.
What are the causes of the changes in career selection of the students enrolled in Teaching Practice Program ProgramProgram Pengalaman
Lapangan? 3.
What are research participants’ opinions about Teaching Practice Program Program Program Pengalaman Lapangan?
C. Problem Limitation
The research is studying about the student teachers’ career selection changes before and after the Teaching Practice Program PPL. Since the research
participants are about teaching in high schools, the writer only discusses the teaching career in high school. The scope of this research is about students’ career
selection changes and its causes behind the changes. This study is also dealing with the students’ opinion about Teaching Practice Program. This research will
focus on eighteen 18 students of microteaching class of Sanata Dharma University of Yogyakarta as the research participants. At first this group would
do Microteaching program and later they will do their Teaching Practice Program in high schools. The writer will observe and monitor the changes of motivations
experienced by the research participants before and after Teaching Practice Program Program Pengalaman Lapangan. The changes in motivations will lead
to the research questions, which are 1 Are there any career selection changes
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before and after Teaching Practice Program? 2 What are the causes? And 3 What are the students’ opinions towards Teaching Practice Program Pengalaman
Lapangan?
D. Research Objectives
This study is aimed to find out the career selection changes of ELESP students before and after joining the Teaching Practice Program Pengalaman
Lapangan. This research is also intended to find the causes behind the career selection changes of the students after joining the Teaching Practice Program
Pengalaman Lapangan. The students’ opinions concerning Teaching Practice Program also will be revealed through this research. The answers from this
research are expected to be useful for further study and policy making.
E. Research Benefits