Core Competency Measurement Model for Prospective Physical Education Teacher

Abstract

Physical education teacher education refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective physical education teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community. Indonesian Ministry of Education has issued Competency standard to be a school teacher (Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional nomor 16 tahun 2007 tentang Standar Kualifikasi Akademik dan Kompetensi Guru) that consisting of 24 core competences. No measurement instrument has been developed for measuring prospective physical education teacher's competence level based on the national standard. The aim of this study is to develop an instrument for helping prospective physical education teacher to check to what extent their competence reach the government standard. In the first step, 24 questions were developed from each of 24 core competencies. And then, each question was equipped with 1 to 5 score options with description. After choosing the most suitable score, each answer was equipped with enough space for writing supporting data or argument. One hundred twenty volunteer students were randomly selected to fill out the instrument. The students' grade point average (GPA) ware recorded form official university office. Data was analyzed by using Product Moment Correlation. The result shows that there is positive correlation between the scores and the student's GPA. Considering by the finding, this instrument could be uses as a competency measurement tool for prospective physical education teachers.