Teacher's Pedagogic Competence in Implementing the Scientific Approach in Learning Geography

The main factors that determine the quality of education are teachers. The teacher is at the forefront of creating quality human resources. Indonesian education currently emphasizes the scientific approach. In essence, the approach scientific directs students to formulate problems. In addition, students are trained to think analytically, namely students are taught to make decisions, not just listen to and memorize subject matter only. Learning activities with the scientific approach will work well if the teacher understands what the scientific approach is. Teachers in geography learning must be able to guide students in carrying out the learning process with a good scientific approach. Geography learning is directed at inviting students to find out and act so as to help students gain a deeper understanding of the environment. Geography learning involves students in investigations with teacher guidance so students can build new knowledge or complete the knowledge they already have. the ability and knowledge of the teacher in utilizing and optimizing information on the scientific approach, both information through the internet, socialization, is influenced by several factors, namely education level, scientific background, teaching duration and burden, participation in training, mastery of methods and media, intensity of reading, and teacher's work ethic. These factors provide a significant influence on the teacher's understanding of the specific approach.