Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Student Teachers' Problems in Managing Classroom During Teaching Practicum: A Study at Banyu Biru Junior High Scool 01
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted in order to find the most problems that studentteachers encountered and what strategies that they used to overcome the problems.
The data of the study was taken from questionnaires that were distributed to 12
student-teachers who underwent teaching practicum in Banyu Biru Junior High
School 01. The participants who mostly were in their fourth year study at the
English Department of Satya Wacana received the questionnaires each time after
they finished their teaching. The questionnaires would be analyzed in two ways
which were counting the occurrences of the problems and classifying strategies
used by the participants. The study proved that there were no significant of
number of occurrences of five problems categories that the participants
experienced. Besides, the result also revealed that student-teachers often faced
difficulties in managing activity with total occurrence percentage 22% and they
also used laissez-faire strategies (43%) to overcome problems that they
encountered. The finding of the study provides information for improvement of
teacher training programs so that they could equip novice teachers to be more
prepared.
KEY WORDS
Classroom management, teaching practicum, teaching strategies
This study was conducted in order to find the most problems that studentteachers encountered and what strategies that they used to overcome the problems.
The data of the study was taken from questionnaires that were distributed to 12
student-teachers who underwent teaching practicum in Banyu Biru Junior High
School 01. The participants who mostly were in their fourth year study at the
English Department of Satya Wacana received the questionnaires each time after
they finished their teaching. The questionnaires would be analyzed in two ways
which were counting the occurrences of the problems and classifying strategies
used by the participants. The study proved that there were no significant of
number of occurrences of five problems categories that the participants
experienced. Besides, the result also revealed that student-teachers often faced
difficulties in managing activity with total occurrence percentage 22% and they
also used laissez-faire strategies (43%) to overcome problems that they
encountered. The finding of the study provides information for improvement of
teacher training programs so that they could equip novice teachers to be more
prepared.
KEY WORDS
Classroom management, teaching practicum, teaching strategies