H Djohar

Teacher's Profession Education and Educational Clinic H Djohar

-The teaching profession requires special skills and professionalism to avoid disorientation. -The word professional means skillful. -A professional teacher is competent and skillful in carrying out his/her tasks as an educator. -The change from IKIP (Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan or Institute of Teaching and Education Sciences) to university was meant that it would become a Teacher Training Institute. Therefore, there must be a teaching profession education institution. Currently, there is no such institution in Indonesia. -The modern and post-modern era demands teachers to be able to carry out their tasks professionally. -The characteristic of professionalism is competence. A professional teacher's competence include his/her ability to handle students, analyze the curriculum, apply teaching methods, use teaching media, and perform teaching evaluation. -The nature of education is developing human resources (students) to become civilized society. Therefore, teachers must have character, which is distinguished by a refined personality and socializing ability. -Developing professionalism demands a balance between theory and practice.