Pre-Service Teachers’ View towards 2013 Curriculum and School-based Curriculum

This study aims to discuss the views and the problems faced by the pre-service teachers on the 2013 curriculum. The implementation of the 2013 curriculum is very different from the previous curriculum. Many obstacles significantly affect learning outcomes. In terms of the media used the assessment of the 2013 curriculum is more complicated than the previous curriculum. Then the methods used to convey the learning material has not been effective or not even following the learning material to communicate. This study used a qualitative descriptive method by giving two questions related to the 2013 curriculum. The participants were two pre-service teachers who had the best GPA. In this study, the researchers found that the 2013 curriculum was a new curriculum that followed the current technological era and also under the demands of the students' needs. Teacher candidates do not only learn how to understand teaching materials, but also how to apply these teaching materials in the teaching and learning process. In this study, researchers found that prospective teacher students faced obstacles in their application, for example in terms of classroom management and teaching preparation. Based on these findings, the pre-service teachers should be given the consecutive training on the 2013 curriculum implication.