ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD CHARACTER ASSESMENT IN 2013 CURRICULUM: A STUDY ON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN MANADO AND TOMOHON, NORTH SULAWESI

Abstract

This research aims at finding out the perceptions of English teachers on character aspectswhich are not directly taugh. Yet it becomes a priority to asses basic competence. This study attemptsto identify the obstacles for implementing curriculum 2013 particularly student character assessment.As a qualitative research, data are obtained through interviews. The data are taken from the schoolsthat implement the curriculum especially six teachers who are randomly selected out of twentyteachers from each school.The results reveal that most of the teachers perceived that aspects of the should be taughtindirectly. Such perception was based upon the notion that character is not to be taught but to bepracticed. Those teachers were also of the opinion that character assessment does not guarantee thepositive character building. They believed that school must involve the parents and society for thesuccess of the character education. The teachers met the problems in implementing the assessmentsuch as time consuming, complicated assessment process, incompatiblity with big class and the lackof facility.Keywords: perception, character assesment, english teacher, curriculum 2013INTRODUCTION