Orientasi kurikulum dan konsepsi pengajaran fizik berkesan dalam kurikulum tingkat satuan pendidikan

Abstract

Curriculum is one of the crucial components in the education system, because the curriculum is a tool to achieve educational goals and as an indicator of teaching and learning at all levels of education. The education system in Indonesia, initiated in 2006, has carried out a model curriculum to what is known as KTSP (School-Based Curriculum). This study aims to identify the curriculum orientation and the teaching conception of Physics based on the teaching experience and academic qualifications. A questionnaire was used to collect information about the orientation of the curriculum and teaching conception of a sample of 101 teachers of Physics at SMAN (Public Senior High School) in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results obtained by the mean and ANOVA analysis using SPSS 17. Findings showed that the curriculum orientation of teachers with teaching experience over 15 years is earned highest and the level of teaching conception also involved high. The study also found that there were significant differences between the orientation of Physics teaching curriculum based on teaching experience, but not with academic qualifications; and there was significant difference between the level of Physics teaching conception based on teaching experience, but not with academic qualifications.