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The 4 Educational Science International Conference
Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age

HED-07

Profile of Middle School Teachers' Mathematical Literacy
In Samarinda

Zainuddin Untu, Asyril, Nanda Arista Rizki, Kurniawan, Ikmawati
Universitas Mulawarman, Indonesia
zainuddin.untu@fkip.unmul.ac.id

Abstract

Education plays an important role to solve problems that are increasingly complex. It
is now required that education can equip and prepare graduates to be able to cope with job-
related challenges. PISA has introduced the term mathematical literacy as one's ability to
identify and understand the role of mathematics in making a suitable judgment in order to
satisfy the needs of constructive and reflective citizens. The urgency of mathematical literacy
has caught attention of many countries, especially Indonesia. However, mathematical literacy
of teachers and students in East Kalimantan has never been studied in-depth. Data from 2019
National Examination for Secondary School implies that the province's mathematics mean
score was lower than the national one. It is conjectured that the culture in East Kalimantan
may have been the cause. Consequently, identification and mapping of middle school
mathematics teachers in East Kalimantan are considered necessary. The current study aims to
describe mathematical literacy of middle school teachers. It was an exploratory research with
qualitative approach. The subjects were mathematics teachers from 23 middle schools in
Samarinda and the object was mathematical literacy. Data were collected using questionnaire,
observation sheet, and interview guideline. It was then followed by data reduction and coding,
as well as representing into diagrams. Results of the study imply: 1) the subjects have a poor
mathematical literacy in instruction planning and evaluation and a moderate instructional
implementation. The results is expected to be a reference for further related research.

Keywords: Ability, mathematical literacy, middle school teacher, mathematics learning

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