Lecturers’ Professionalism Development Strategies: Portrayals in the Field of Research

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the strategies for developing lecturers’ professionalism in the field of research at the Tarbiyah faculty of IAIN Curup. This research adopted a descriptive qualitative research method. The subjects comprised several leadership elements and academic communities of IAIN Curup, such as the dean of the Tarbiyah faculty, the Head of departments under the Tarbiyah Faculty, the Head of LPM, the Head of LPPM, lecturers and students. The data were collected using interviews, observations, and documentation. The data were analyzed by means of data reduction, data display, triangulation, and conclusion drawing. This research revealed that strategies for developing lecturers’ professionalism in the fields of education and self-development were associated with increasing educational qualifications and implementing learning innovations. Those of in-house training subsumed training, seminars, curriculum preparation workshops, learning strategies, classroom management. The off-house training entailed collaborations with other universities which addressed learning process training. In terms of in-service education, coaching was held for young lecturers in academic activities. The strategies for developing lecturers’ professionalism in the field of research and scientific publications consisted of self-development, increasing individual and group research independently, increasing the preparation of journals both locally, nationally and internationally, and participating in scientific writing competitions. The in-house subsumed training, seminars, and workshops held on research methodology by presenting external speakers. Conclusively, the strategies for developing lecturers’ professionalism in the field of research at the Tarbiyah faculty of IAIN Curup had been well-implemented.