PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE OF THE ENGLISH TEACHERS AT PUBLIC JUNIOR HIIGH SCHOOLS IN TARAKAN
PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE OF THE ENGLISH TEACHERS AT PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN TARAKAN Abstract This research aimed to describe pedagogical competence of English teachers at public junior high schools in Tarakan and students’ perception towards the pedagogical competence of the English teachers at public junior high schools in Tarakan. This study used a survey method and a quantitative approach. The research population was the English teachers and all students of public junior high schools in Tarakan. The sample of this study was 12 English teachers and 338 students taken using a stratified random sampling technique. The instruments used in this study were questionnaire and interviews. The students and the teachers were asked to fill out the questionnaires distributed by the researcher, after which the researcher conducted interviews with the English teachers related to their pedagogical competence. The result showed that the average score of the teacher’s pedagogical competence was 155.58 (very good category) while the average score of students’ perceptions towards the English teacher’s pedagogical competence was 150.24 (good category). The result of the interviews with the teachers showed that the teachers had different ways of mastering pedagogical competence.