American International Journal of Social Science

The Preliminary Study and Analysis on the Need of Teachers for Social Science Training with Multicultural Insight
Akhmad Arif Musadad

Abstract
The objective of this research is to describe: (1) the initial condition of the teachers’ competency; and (2) the teachers’ need for training to improve their competency in the learning process of Social Science with multicultural insight. This research was conducted by using the research and development approach. This research and development was conducted in Surakarta city. The population of this research was the junior secondary school teachers consisting of 32 teachers as the subject of need of training, 30 teachers as the subject of test on instrument, 6 teachers as the subject of individual trial, 12 teachers as the subject of group trial, and 30 teachers as the subject of limited trial. The data of this research consisted of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gathered through suggestion, comment from expert team, answer to open questionnaire on the teachers’ need for training. The results of the observation were described qualitatively. The quantitative data were collected through questionnaire on the need for training, evaluation from the expert team, and evaluation from the participanst on the training model draft and devices. The questionnaire was set up in the form of Likert scale and its results were analyzed by using the percentage descriptive statistics. The results of the preliminary study are as follows: (1) the initial condition of the competency of the Social Science teachers is still low; (2) the teachers have less comprehension on multiculturalism; (3) the teachers are not able to have the mapping on basic competency with multiculturalism potential; (4) the teachers are not able to develop the syllabus and lesson plan with multicultura insight; and (5) the teachers are not able to conduct the learning process of Social Science with multicultural insight. On the basis of the results of this research, a conclusion is drawn that it is highly necessary to conduct Social Science training with multicultural insight.

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