Persepsi Minat Mahasiswa Pendidikan Menjadi Calon Guru Profesional

The purpose of this study was to find out 1) The effect of student perceptions on the interest in the teaching profession to become a teacher. 2) The influence of the family environment on the interest in becoming a teacher. 3) Competencies that must be possessed by professional teachers. It turns out that it is true that student perceptions of the teaching profession have a significant effect on interest in becoming a teacher. This means that students' perceptions of the teaching profession directly have a great influence on the formation of interest in becoming a teacher. In addition, the family environment also has a significant effect on the interest in becoming a teacher. This means that the family environment is indirectly able to have a big influence on students' interest in becoming teachers. Meanwhile, the criteria that must be met by a professional teacher include 4 things, namely: 1) pedagogic competence, namely the teacher's competency in conveying learning material including an understanding of students; 2) personality competence, namely attitude and behavior as a professional teacher figure; 3) social competence, namely the ability to establish relationships with the learning community including teachers, students, and parents of students; and 4) professional teacher competence related to mastery of learning material content.