Exploring pre-service teachers' perceptions of preparedness for teaching in Indonesia

Abstract

The current study aims to explore pre-service teachers’ perceptions of preparedness for teaching in Indonesian contexts through the lens of English language student teachers. Accordingly, two questions were addressed to elaborate the focus of this study: (1) What factors impact on pre-service teachers’ sense of preparedness for teaching in Indonesia?; and (2) How do these factors influence pre-service teachers’ perceived preparedness for teaching in Indonesia? A convergent mixed-methods approach was employed to accomplish the purpose of this investigation: two sets of data, quantitative and qualitative, were considered equally important. The quantitative data were collected through a Likert..