Improving Science Teachers Competence through Training of National Science Olympiad (OSN) (Community-Participatory Based Research at Madrasah Aliyah Town Jambi)

Abstract

National science Olympiad (OSN) is a prestigious event held gradually, starting from the city, provincial, national and international. This article describes the implementation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) as a method to engage school community in seeking solution how to improve science teachers' competency as a coach of National Science Olympiad at Madrasah Aliyah in Jambi's city. We provide background on our research program and specific implementation of active training program with thirty science teachers' at Jambi city. In conducting CBPR, we faced various challenges, including engaging researchers and community (ie. Teachers and school administration) in small group discussion and design enrichment training module based on teacher's response on a questionnaire distributed to them. This article describe the stages of implementation of CBPR in school community in Jambi's city