Lufri, Relsas Yogica
The profile of the science education problem in West Sumatera and surroundings is reported in this paper. The purpose of this work is to investigate the various problems in science education in West Sumatera and its surroundings. Descriptive research method is used in the research. An addition, closed and open questionnaire instrument is applied in data collecting. The certified and non-certified teachers are selected as respondents using accidental and snowball sampling technique. The descriptive statistic and qualitative technique are performed in data analysis. Based on the investigated data, the main problems in science education in West Sumatera are (1) teacher (quality, uneven distribution and teaching load), (2) curriculum (amendment and implementation), (3) students (interest and learning creativity), (4) managerial (headmaster and leadership), (5) parents (parent or family care), (6) government (government polices), (7) community environment (lack of support), (8) infrastructure and facilities (uneven of building, laboratories, libraries, and other facilities), (9) problems of UN application as determinant of graduation, and (10) problem of teacher's teaching burden postcertification. These findings show the science education problems in West Sumatera need to be follow up for improvement the education quality, especially in science education. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia
