Abstract
formulate the learning plan, method comprehension and approach, curriculum, learning motivation as well as learning evaluation instrument. This research was aimed to discover the skill difference of pedagogical knowledge of biology teachers compared to different educational backgrounds. The method of this research was a quantitative-descriptive through proportional random sampling technique for sample collection. The population of this research was the entire biology teachers in State High School of Lebak Banten. The collected samples were 18 biology teachers with different educational backgrounds. This research was performed in State High Schools spread among the area of Lebak-Banten. The analysis results of the data of pedagogical knowledge question items have indicated that the average teachers with biology education background has higher score (73.33) and 0.033<0.05 value has acquired based on t-test result. It means that there is a significant difference between teachers who have biology education background compared to teachers with non-education backgrounds
Highlights
Education is the foundation of the progress of a nation
This research was aimed to discover the skill difference of pedagogical knowledge of biology teachers compared to different educational backgrounds
Teachers are one of the determinant factors of the education quality in a nation, because teachers are demanded to be able of educating and guiding the children of the nation to conceive decent capabilities, they able to compete with other nations. This condition is ingrained in the Government Regulation of Indonesia No.74/2008 Article 1 verse 1 regarding teachers as the professional educator with the main tasks to educate, teach, guide, direct, train, assess, and evaluate the learning participants on the formal pathways for early childhood education, basic education, and intermediate education (Goverment regulation, 2008)
Summary
Education is the foundation of the progress of a nation. Nations with quality education are established by the availability of professional teachers. Teachers are one of the determinant factors of the education quality in a nation, because teachers are demanded to be able of educating and guiding the children of the nation to conceive decent capabilities, they able to compete with other nations. This condition is ingrained in the Government Regulation of Indonesia No.74/2008 Article 1 verse 1 regarding teachers as the professional educator with the main tasks to educate, teach, guide, direct, train, assess, and evaluate the learning participants on the formal pathways for early childhood education, basic education, and intermediate education (Goverment regulation, 2008). Competences are the description regarding what can be conducted by an individual in work as well as the showable embodiment of the work (Suyanto, 2013)
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