Pemahaman dan Partisipasi Guru Sekolah Dasar Dalam Menulis Karya Ilmiah

Abstract

The general objective of the study is to identify the understanding and participation of teacher in academic writing.The specific objectives of the study are to (i) identify the understanding of elementary school teacher in academic writing in Rangkui District; (ii) to identify the participation of elementary school teacher in academic writing in Rangkui District; and (iii) to examine factors that affect the elementary school teacher in academic writing in Rangkui District. The study employed the qualitative approach with source of data as follows: (i) 50 elementary school teachers as the primary data; and (ii) documentation derived from some literatures and other reading sources as the secondary data. The data was gained by using the interview and documentation. Furthermore, it was analyzed by using data analysis technique i.e. data reduction, data presentation, decision making. The results showed: (i) 28 % of respondents considered as having understanding, 35 % of them considered as lack of understanding, and 37 % considered as not having understanding at all in academic writing. (ii) in terms of the participation level of elementary school teacher, 20 % of respondents stated often, 35 % of them stated rarely, and 45 % of them stated not having the academic writing. (iii) Factors that affect teacher in participating on having the academic writing were lack of time, motivation, knowledge and idea.Penelitian ini secara umum bertujuan untuk mengetahui pemahaman dan partisipasi guru dalam menulis karya ilmiah. Tujuan khusus penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui: (1) Pemahaman guru SD se-Kecamatan Rangkui dalam menulis karya ilmiah; (2) Partisipasi guru SD se-Kecamatan Rangkui dalam menulis karya ilmiah; (3) Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi guru SD se-Kecamatan Rangkui dalam menulis karya ilmiah. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan sumber data penelitian yang terdiri dari: (1) Sumber data primer, yakni guru SD se-Kecamatan Rangkui sebanyak 50 orang; (2) Sumber data sekunder, yakni data yang diperoleh dari studi dokumentasi yang diperoleh dari berbagai literatur dan sumber bacaan lainnya. Data penelitian dikumpulkan dengan teknik wawancara dan dokumentasi, kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis data berupa reduksi data, penyajian data, dan pengambilan keputusan. Hasil penelitian diperoleh: (1) Tingkat pemahaman para guru SD se-Kecamatan Rangkui Kota Pangkalpinang dalam menulis karya ilmiah sebanyak 28% dikategorikan paham, 35% kurang paham, dan 37% tidak paham; (2) Tingkat partisipasi guru dalam menulis karya ilmiah sebanyak 20% responden menyatakan sering, 35% responden menyatakan jarang, dan 45% responden menyatakan informan belum menulis karya ilmiah; serta (3) Faktor yang menghambat partisipasi guru dalam menulis karya ilmiah adalah keterbatasan waktu, motivasi, kurangnya pengetahuan tentang kompetensi profesional, serta keterbatasan mengembangkan ide.