Ongoing Process of Change Curriculum: Teaching and Learning Strategy of Vocational Teachers in Western Part of Indonesia

摘要

Rapid technological change, especially in information technology, brings major changes in teaching and learning strategies for teachers to deal with millennial. The purpose of this study was to identify teaching and learning strategies used by vocational teachers, especially in applying the 2013 Vocational High School Curriculum (K13). This research is a type of survey method, data collected from 6 cities in the western part of Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Medan, Padang, Lahat, Bukittinggi, and Batam. 400 vocational teachers were actively involved as survey respondents. Two questionnaires were developed, namely teaching and learning strategies and IT (Information Technology) used by vocational teachers as learning media. The results showed that the majority of teachers (68.09%) used student central learning in teaching and learning theory in their classrooms, and 78.73% of teachers, facilitating students with practical work. The highest web application used by vocational teachers is the Microsoft office (64.25%) and Google (49.25%). In conclusion, the teacher center learning approach has undergone a shift to center-student learning, the teacher acts as a facilitator in learning by integrating technology in the classroom. The teacher is also required to be able to innovate and develop in using the right information technology in the learning situation at hand.