Universitas Terbuka amongst the National Framework for Teachers’ Professional Development Program Presented in the International Conference on Teacher Education

Kusmawan, Udan (2014) Universitas Terbuka amongst the National Framework for Teachers’ Professional Development Program Presented in the International Conference on Teacher Education. In: PDE Professional Development in Education Conference 2014, 11-12 Juni 2014, Park Hotel Bandung.

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Abstract

Efforts to increase teacher professionalism has been obliged by Law of Teacher No. 14/2005 signifying necessities in continuous supports and strong commitment from all parties and communities. In addition to national routine programs, the Government has made several efforts to improve quality of education, including allocating foreign loan programs and coordinating international partnerships. In the meantime, Universitas Terbuka (UT) has long been committed to strengthening teacher competence and qualification through distance and online programs. As a nation-wide university, UT implements its programs through 38 Regional Offices(RO) and one RO to serving students domicile abroad. Since 1984, UT has promoted 1,315,009 professional teachers, serving over 45% of the total number of teachers in Indonesia. To corroborate with current governmental educational policy, UT was challenged to assure its programs to be aligned with current issues of national quality development. Likewise, UT promotes efficiency in leading educational quality development through open and online teacher training programs. These programs foster teachers’ continuous professional development and expertise. Partnership and collaboration with other education-related institutions constitute apparently the key issues to succeed the programs. To conclude, it is obvious that all the programs are dully dedicated to strengthen the professionalism of teachers to be capable of meeting the national goals for nation and character building and development.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information (ID): Universitas Terbuka amongst the National Framework.pdf
Uncontrolled Keywords: Teacher, professionalism, quality, education, qualification, competences, distance and online systems, and government education policy
Subjects: 300 Social Science > 370-379 Education (Pendidikan) > 371.12 Professional Qualifications of Teacher (Kualifikasi dan Profesionalitas Guru)
Divisions: Prosiding Seminar > PDE 2014
Depositing User: Praba UT
Date Deposited: 02 Nov 2016 01:42
Last Modified: 02 Nov 2016 01:42
URI: http://repository.ut.ac.id/id/eprint/5098

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