Professional Management and Pedagogical Competences for Lecturers at Private Universities in Indonesia

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of article is explore the findings of a research on management of professional and pedagogical competency development for lecturers at the faculty of teaching and educational sciences at three private universities in the Eastern region of West Java, Indonesia. Findings and discussion: A total of three deans, three heads of study program and nine lecturers of three private universities described the policies regarding the management of competency development for lecturers at their institutions. This paper discusses how policy, implementation and results are obtained within the framework of the management of pedagogical and professional competency development. Findings show that in general three faculties have had such a program in the forms of seminars on methods and techniques of teaching and learning, coaching activities and enabling lecturers in various scientific activities like symposium, workshops, and scientific publications in national and international journals. However, the program is characterized very temporary, unsustainable and incidental. In addition, the three institutions haven’t defined with the standardized measurement to measure the development of lecturer’s competence. Despite some weaknesses in general the three institutions have shown the results of the program i.e., the increasing number of lecturers who have been certified, the rising of students’ GPA and the number of graduates employed by educational institutions both private and public. Research implications: In-depth interviews, observation and documentation studies have clearly revealed the typical problems faced by private universities in Indonesia in general and factors that need to be considered in terms of the efforts to develop lecturers’ competency in the faculty of teaching and educational sciences in the future. Practical implications: The weakness of the development program of lecturer’s competency found this research can be a guidance to develop the competency development program in the future. This research topic becomes a wider area when more researches are conducted. The management of lecturer’s competency development who has not been implemented optimally needs to be improved towards a wider direction. To achieve this requires the involvement and commitment of various parties including researchers in finding the next steps. Thus, there are many other components that can be and need to be investigated.