The Faculty Management Readiness and Perception of Students in Implementing Curriculum in Culinary Art Education Study Program in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Many efforts have been done by Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) in Indonesia. It belived that improvements in teacher education, in part resulting from better-prepared entrance to pre-service training, will promote better teaching and learning at all levels of education. (OECD, 2015). In line with that statement, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) as one Teachers Education Institutions (TEIs) in Indonesia has formulated curriculum development as one of responses to need for 21st century teacher education. This is marked, among other, by the deep mastery of subject matter to be and taught, knowledge of learners and their characteristics, mastery of pedagogical content knowledge, knowledge of context of education, and mastery of ICT used in the teaching and learning processes. This study focuses on identifying analyzing students perspective on the implementation of curriculum in Culinary Arts Education Study Program, Faculty of Education Technology and Vocation (FPTK) Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The subjects of this study are students of culinary arts education study program of FPTK UPI. The findings, among other, indicated that the perception of students on curriculum development in terms of planning, implementation and assessment in culinary education study program in UPI is good, even though they need some more guidance and encouragements in finishing their study