Microteaching Competition at Walisongo State Islamic University Semarang

The Walisongo Science Competition (WSC) is one of the regular annual activities organised by the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang.  It is a national science competition among students that aims to improve students' ability to write scientific papers in the fields of MIPA (mathematics and natural sciences) education, natural science, and technology, based on the unity of knowledge for humanity and civilisation; to train students' creativity and innovation in facing the era of globalisation; to provide a space of appreciation for students; to train students in basic teaching skills; and to train prospective teachers to be skilled in creating learning designs, learning models and learning methods, and to build self-confidence. In 2020 the WSC went ahead while still following health protocols and government policy, with the competition held virtually. The virtual WSC 2020 series ran from 1 September 2020 to 3 November 2020 and was attended by 41 universities from all over the country.

Microteaching was one of the competition categories held at WSC 2020. The microteaching category was intended for undergraduate students of science education study programmes, namely Science Education, Mathematics Education, Biology Education, Chemistry Education, and Physics Education. The Microteaching competition at WSC 2020 carried the theme “Becoming an Adaptive Professional Educator in the Period of Adapting to New Habits”. The activities were conducted 100% online, starting from the administrative selection to determine the 10 best finalists, the finalist selection through short-version teaching videos, up to the final, which was assessed through a Zoom meeting.

In WSC 2020, a student of the Chemistry Education study programme, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FITK), UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, took part in one of the WSC 2020 competition categories, namely the Microteaching Competition. In the administrative selection round based on the lesson plan (RPP), the delegate of Chemistry Education UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Rahielanamy, passed and advanced to the top 10 finalist round. In this top 10 finalist selection round, she had to compete with delegates from various universities such as UIN Walisongo, Universitas Tidar Magelang, Universitas Cendrawasih, and others. It did not stop there: Alhamdulillah, the Chemistry Education UIN Suka delegate reached the final round and won 2nd Winner of Microteaching, announced on Wednesday, 3 November 2020 at the Walisongo Champion Award held virtually through a Zoom meeting.

It is greatly hoped that Chemistry Education UIN Suka can continue to take part in WSC in the coming years and become a winner in both the microteaching category and other competition categories.