Previous Research REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

A. Previous Research

So far , there are only a few studies concerning KTSP for it is a new curriculum that has just been applied for 2 years only. The previous studies dealing with the implementation of KTSP in Primary School, Junior High School and Senior High School in Jambi was done by Sutrisno and Nuryanto in 2008 , and the teacher’s problems in the implementation of KTSP in Junior High School in Semarang was done by Agustina Dian in 2008. 1. “ The implementation of KTSP in Primary School, Junior High School and Senior High School in Jambi ” by Sutrisno and Nuryanto 2008 The result shows the positive and the negative points of KTSP. The positive points are : a. As a curriculum that stresses the previous curriculum, it is not necessary to hold a public try-out. KTSP is applied in schools which are ready and have good supporting aspects. b. It is applied in schools which adapts the local condition. c. It pushes school’s autonomy in carrying out education d. It pushes the teachers, the head master and school management to enhance their creativity in holding educations program e. KTSP enables every school to develop a particular lesson which is acceptable for students’ needs f. KTSP gives a wider chance to schools to develop their curriculum based on their needs. While the weak points of KTSP are : a. It lacks competent human resources who are able to interpret KTSP in every education unit. b. It lacks facilities that support infrastructures to complete the implementation of KTSP c. There are still many teachers who do not understand about the arrangement and the implementation of KTSP 2. “ The English Teachers’ Problems in The Implementation of School Curriculum ” by Dian 2008 This study was about the English teachers’ problems in the implementation of School Curriculum in Junior High Schools in Semarang. The result showed that there were still teacher’s less understanding about the School Curriculum. Moreover the common problem that tend to be faced by the teachers was mostly the inability to understand the content of the School Curriculum because of the lack of sosialization of School Curriculum to the teachers Dian,2008

B. Underlying Theory