COMPETENCY PROFESSIONALISM OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM 2013

Abstract

The curriculum is a set of plans and rules on the objectives, content, and learning materials, as well as the ways used as guidelines for implementation to achieve certain educational goals. Currently the curriculum for early childhood applicable in Indonesia is the curriculum 2013 which emphasizes character education and uses a scientific approach. One of the keys to the success of the curriculum 2013 is to provide competent educators. Teachers as educators have four competencies one of them professional competence. It is said that a professional teacher if the teacher is able to master the scientific materials, specific methods of learning in the field of study, and able to master the curriculum. the implementation of the curriculum 2013 to early childhood education is still relatively low. Therefore, there is a need for practical follow-up to support the established policies. One of them is by conducting socialization and training to early childhood education teacher about curriculum 2013.

Keywords:competency professionalism, early childhood education, curriculum 2013