Impact of Pre-service Teacher Training: A Case Study of Teacher Education Programme in Indonesia

Globalization and free trade in South East Asia is just around the corner, all countries are preparing themselves to face the new era along with its challenges. One of the important aspects in facing such challenges is the readiness of teachers in preparing the next generations. Many teachers in Indonesia do not have substantial training before they become teachers, while they are experts in the subject content they teach. The Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (SFTI), an Indonesian philanthropy organization that focuses on developing the quality of education through teacher trainings across the archipelago, is responding to the challenge with the Teacher Education Programme (TEP), a one-year teacher training course that gives basic pedagogic skills development, teaching and learning strategies, integration of technology in the classroom, English language skills enhancement, and monitored teaching practice sessions to ensure that the student teachers meet the requirements of a 21st century teacher. Questionnaires and interviews conducted at the end of the academic year show that this training gives impact to the teachers in ways of becoming reflective practitioners, sensitive to educational issues, and starting to make a change to themselves and their environment