TEACHER READINESS ON ONLINE LEARNING PRACTICE IN NORTH JAKARTA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK

Abstract

Covid 19 outbreak forces teaching activities to change drastically, and teachers are demanded to be ready to face the changes almost instantly including leaving some of them unprepared to engage in online classes. This study aims to investigate teachers` readiness on online teaching during covid 19. Respondents in this study were teachers from various junior high schools in North Jakarta. Furthermore, it also seeks the gender factor of teachers in any significant differences of readiness. The survey method is deemed suitable for this research and teachers` readiness was measured by using the Teachers Readiness for Online Learning Measurement (TROLM) proposed by Hung, M. L.