Students’ Perceptions on The Teacher’s Pedagogical Competence during COVID-19

Abstract

A professional teacher is required to have four basic competences such as pedagogical, personal, social and professional competence, the researcher only selected one of them as focus of the study, pedagogical competence.  The present study aimed to find out, students’ perceptions on the teacher’s pedagogical competence during the Covid-19 pandemic. The researcher has selected six indicators of the pedagogical competence which related to the students learning, they are 1). Understanding students’ characteristics such as physical, moral, social, spiritual, cultural, emotional, and intellectual aspect, 2). Mastering in the theory of teaching and principles of education, 3). Able to use ICT for supporting teaching-learning process, 4). As the mediator of the students in actualizing their talents or skills, 5). Communicating effectively and politely to the students, 6). Making reflections to increase the quality of learning. The research is implemented the qualitative method, and nonprobability sampling (purposive sampling) technique to select the participants. The results of the study are those all indicators almost have been implemented by the teacher when teaching to the students although these indicators have been implemented but it doesn’t give good impact to the students’ English skills through online learning during the covid-19 pandemic.