Project-Based Learning in Developing Student-Teacher Professional Skills

Abstract

In the 21st century, the digital competence becomes increasingly important for student-teachers (teacher candidate) to promote their professional skills. Therefore, it is necessary to have courses that support the achievement of digital competence and emphasize on giving various learning experiences through the Project-Based Learning (PjBL) method. The purpose of this study was to explain the learning experience of English Education Department students on the Instructional Media course and to find out how project-based learning develops student-teacher professional skills in the Instructional Media courses of the English Education Department at Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. In this research, the researcher used case study, with interview and documentation as instrument of the research. The subjects of this study were 33 students in the third and fifth semesters of the English Education Department taking the Instructional Media course at Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. The research was conducted from December 8, 2022 to January 5, 2023. Based on the results of the research, the researchers found that by implementing PjBL in the Instructional Media course, the majority of students were able to develop teacher professional skills included pedagogic, professional, personal, and social competence. In conclusion, the use of PjBL in instructional media courses has an important role in developing student-teacher professional skills, particularly their digital competence.