Professional Learning Community:Experiences and Perceptions of Indonesian Mathematics Teachers

Abstract

This paper describes the experiences and perceptions of mathematics teachers in Indonesia in professional learning through community. The methodology used in this study is qualitative with phenomenography design. Data collection was carried out through electronic questionnaire and interview. Research finding shows that only 17% of teacher participants has participated in professional learning community in the past 1 year. Another research finding shows teachers’ perceptions stating that the reasons for their low motivation in participating in professional learning community activities are time of the activities, quality of facilitators or resource persons, government support, and teachers’ culture. Finally, participants offer strategies in implementing professional learning through community namely the integration of information and communication technology, zoning or school-based activities, government involvement, experts involvement, and research-based activities.