Improving Teacher Professionalism Toward Education Quality in Digital Era

Abstract

Teachers are an important component in improving the quality of education. It can even be said that teacher is a strategic key for the development of quality education. How important role of teachers in education, so it is not surprising that the Emperor of Japan, Hirohito after the defeat of Japan from the allies asked how many teachers are still alive. It was on the teacher's shoulders that Emperor Hirohito put his trust in rebuilding Japan through education and succeeding. The method used in this paper is library research (library research). The study finds that one of the progress of education in various countries such as Japan, China, Korea, India, which later became the instrument to solve the nation's problems is through the improvement and development of professional teachers. In Indonesia the effort to improve the professionalism of teachers is done through training called Teacher Professional Training (PLPG) and Teacher Professional Education (PPG). By building professional teachers the reinforcement of developer-based and discovery-based philosophical aspects make a significant contribution to improving the quality of education in Indonesia.