OPTIMIZING THE INTERNET TO ENHANCE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

Istanto Wahju, Djatmiko (2014) OPTIMIZING THE INTERNET TO ENHANCE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL. International Conference On Vocational Education And Training (ICVET) May 14 th, 2014. ISSN 2301-7147

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Abstract

This paper is written in order to contribute an ideas regarding to the importance of the Internet as a part of professional development of vocational school teachers. Teachers have a strategic role on empowering and learning in schools. Nowadays in Indonesia, teachers as a profession, consequently they should be aware to improve performance, competency, maintain and also their professionalism. On the other hand, rapidly information technology development allows the Internet can be used as an alternative medium for teachers’ professional development. Varied information can be retrieved openly and quickly via internet. But the question is, how can teachers convert information from internet into useful knowledge to: their self development, produce scientific papers, and to work innovatively. Those are a product of teacher professional development. To be effective information into knowledge, knowledge management is required to vocational secondary teachers, which can be briefly stated as “learning to know what we know”. This paper will describe knowledge management approach as a strategy to optimize the information from the Internet into useful knowledge for teachers’ professional development of vocational secondary schools.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: teachers’ professional development, vocational secondary school, internet
Subjects: Prosiding > ICVET 2014
Prosiding
Divisions: Fakultas Teknik (FT) > Pendidikan > Pendidikan Teknik Elektronika
Depositing User: Eprints
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2015 03:32
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2015 06:53
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/24420

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