Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Abstract nurlayli yanti, 2016. english teachers’ beliefs in autonomous learning in curriculum 2013. ( a study at junior high schools in banda aceh )thesis. graduate english education program in language education, syiah kuala university. advisors: (1) dr. sofyan a. gani, m.a (2) dr. zulfadli a. aziz, s.pd., m.a key words: teachers’ beliefs, autonomous learning, independent learning. this study investigates the acehnese teachers’ understanding and their beliefs of autonomous learning as implemented in the curriculum 2013 and how their beliefs about learner autonomy concept were applied in their teaching practice. the purposes of this research were: 1) to find out the english teachers’ understanding about autonomous learning, 2) to find out the english teachers’ performances toward their beliefs about autonomous learning as instructed in the curriculum 2013. the data were obtained from four english teachers who were choosen by using purposive sampling from two different schools. data were collected through two phases of study, utilising both quantitative method (research-generated survey) and qualitative methods (interview and observation). the instruments used for collecting the data were questionnaire, interview and field note observation. the data from questionnaire were analyzed using percentage. meanwhile, the data from the interview and observation were analyzed descriptively. this study found that teachers generally lacked understanding about learner autonomy and there were some inconsistency between teachers’ beliefs and their actual teaching practices regarding learner autonomy. the teachers do not incorperate their beliefs and their teaching practice, resulting in little evidence found that many students cannot be regarded as autonomous students in their learning. the findings of this study hopefully provide teachers and policy-makers new insights into learner autonomy to improve the educational system in indonesia especially in aceh.