Factor Analysis in Characteristics of Professional Teacher in 21st Century

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the factor of behavior of professional teacher in 21^st century. This mixed research was comprised the qualitative and quantitative method. The qualitative research included literature review, the in-depth interview with 12 key informants by purposive sampling. The research instrument was in-depth interviews form. The data was analyzed by content analysis. The quantitative research included research sample were 378 schools under the jurisdiction of Primary Educational Service Area Office. The respondents for collecting data were school administrators, teachers and basic educational institution committees, totaling 1,476 respondents derived by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was the 5–point rating scale which the reliability was at 0.97 totaling 176 items. The data was analyzed by exploratory factor analysis with using principal components analysis and orthogonal rotation by varimax.

The research results indicated that there were 12 factors the factor of behavior of professional teacher in 21^st century consisted of 1) Facilitators 2) Academic Leader 3) Learner Person 4) Instructor 5) Coach 6) Innovation Builder or Inventor 7) Theorist 8) Activist 9) Technologist 10) Originator of organizational change 11) Researcher and 12) Student. The behavior of professional teacher in 21^st. Standardize factor loading between 0.55 - 0.84. All elements are statistically significant at .01 level. This proves that the models of humility can explain factor of behavior of professional teacher in 21^st century at the percentage of 69.57.