Indonesian Foreign School Teachers’ Perception And Capability To Undertake Classroom Action Research: Basis For Capability Building Program

Abstract

This academic study which is taken from March to October 2012 is anchored on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) which states that teachers' capability to undertake classroom instruction is affected by their perception on classroom action research itself. It is conducted among 94 teachers in five different Indonesian Foreign Schools which are the Indonesian School of Davao, Philippines; the Indonesian School of Wasenar, Netherlands; the Indonesian School of Yangon, Myanmar; the Indonesian School of Cairo, Egypt; and the Indonesian School of Moscow, Russia, in order to know the relationship between their perception and capability to undertake classroom action research. The findings of this study show that there is a significant relationship between teachers' perception and capability to undertake classroom action research. Furthermore, their perception influences their capability to undertake classroom action research. About 7.45% of their perception affects their capability and about 92.55% of the other factors influenced the capability is not covered in this study. Based on the findings, the capability building program is proposed in order to enhance teachers' perception and capability to undertake classroom action research. This program focuses on teachers' training and improving budget allocation for classroom action research.