ANALYSIS ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PROFESSIONALISM ETHOS BASED ON GENDER

This multisites case and evaluative studies aimed at getting detail informations on teachers’ ethos to implement Article 8,9,10 of Act Number 14 of 2005 involving 156 teachers (43 males and 113 females) in Sleman, Yogyakarta. The findings showed that the female professionalism ethos was higher than the males, in case of: (1) undergraduate degree ownership; (2) ethos of study; (3) ability in developing the current curriculum; (4) providing/developing standardized materials; (5) conducting classroom research. Based on such research findings I recommended as follows: (1) the male teachers should be more competitive towards the females for the sake of realizing their professionalism duties through the Act No.14/2005 implementation; (2) the superior’s institution should motivate and facilitate the male teachers to improve their qualities better by conducting intensive trainings; (3) the relevant researchers should intensify the relevant study to base the better future of educational policy for the upper related institutions.
Keywords: Article, Act No. 14/2005, curriculum, professional, ethos