Teachers’ Perception on the Development of Local History Digital Teaching Material in Surakarta

DOI

10.2991/ictte-18.2018.7How to use a DOI?

Keywords

teachers’ perception, teaching material, local history, and digital book.

Abstract

Technology utilization supports global information current to be accessible through internet. This condition is in contradiction with the limited access to information about local history. Students’ emotional closeness to surrounding environment is a historical learning source valuable to the learning process in the class. For that reason, the local historical development should utilize digital technology. History teacher is one of main components in the learning process utilizing digital book. This research aimed to describe history teachers’ perception on the development of local history digital material. Qualitative method was employed in this study. Data collection was carried out using interview and questionnaire to explore the respondents’ view on the development of local history digital material. The subject of research consisted of 20 history teachers in Surakarta. Data analysis was carried out using an interactive model of analysis. The findings of research showed that history teachers in Surakarta had positive perception on the development of local history digital material. Teachers were motivated to utilize technology in the learning. The main constraint included limited number of writings on local history in Surakarta and teachers’ inadequate ability of mastering IT.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Leo Agung
AU  - Muhammad Akhyar
PY  - 2018/09
DA  - 2018/09
TI  - Teachers’ Perception on the Development of Local History Digital Teaching Material in Surakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training and Education 2018 (ICTTE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 35
EP  - 39
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ictte-18.2018.7
DO  - 10.2991/ictte-18.2018.7
ID  - Agung2018/09
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