Jurnal Publikasi Pendidikan http://ojs.unm.ac.id/index.php/pubpend Volume 13 Nomor 1, 2023 p-ISSN 2088-2092 e-ISSN 2548-6721 11 Submitted : 10/11/2022 Reviewed : 10/12/2022 Accepted : 01/01/2023 Published : 28/02/2023 Research Methodology Training for Middle School Teachers to Improve the Quality of Educational Research Proposals Eka Murtinugraha 1* , Shilmi Arifah 2* Building Engineering Education Study Programme, Engineering Faculty, Jakarta State University shilmiarifah@unj.ac.id *Corresponding Author ABSTRAK Untuk menjadi seorang guru profesional menulis dan menerbitkan karya ilmiah adalah penting. Sebagian besar guru menganggap bahwa penelitian bukanlah suatu kewajiban yang perlu dilakukan dan dianggap sebagai hal yang sulit. Sehingga kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini difokuskan pada peningkatan keterampilan guru dalam menyusun dan mempublikasikan penelitian pendidikan melalui pelatihan metodologi penelitian. Kegiatan dilaksanakan di Pendidikan Vokasi (VE) Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Nurul Huda diikuti oleh 2 orang dosen sebagai pemateri dan 31 guru. Kegiatan pelatihan terdiri dari 3 tahap yaitu persiapan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi pelatihan. Hasil evaluasi kegiatan melalui penyebaran angket pre-test dan post-test diperoleh kemampuan guru dalam pengetahuan penyusunan bahan ajar sebesar 69,677% dan 88,226%, sehingga terjadi peningkatan sebesar 18,548%. Berdasarkan uji t sampel berpasangan, nilai Sig. (2-tailed) ρ-value adalah 0,000. Hal ini menunjukkan adanya peningkatan dalam penyusunan proposal penelitian pendidikan melalui pelatihan metodologi penelitian bagi guru di VE. Sehingga kegiatan pelatihan sangat efektif dalam meningkatkan kompetensi penyusunan proposal penelitian bagi guru VE. Kegiatan ini bermanfaat karena selain untuk menambah skill, kegiatan ini merupakan update ilmu dan pengalaman. Kata kunci: Metodologi Penelitian, Guru SMK, Proposal Penelitian, Pelatihan ABSTRAK To become a professional teacher writing and publishing scientific papers is important. Most teachers consider that research is not an obligation that needs to be done and is considered a difficult thing. So that this community service activity is focused on improving the skills of teachers in compiling and publishing educational research through research methodology training. The activity was carried out at Vocational Education (VE) of Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Nurul Huda followed by 2 lecturers as presenters and 31 teachers. The training activities consist of 3 stages, namely preparation, implementation, and evaluation of training. The results of the evaluation of activities through the distribution of pre-test and post-test questionnaires obtained the ability of teachers in the knowledge of preparation of teaching materials by 69.677% and 88.226%, so there was an increase of 18.548%. Based on the sample paired t-test, the value of Sig. (2-tailed) ρ-value is 0.000. So, training activities are very effective in improving the competence in preparing research proposals for VE teachers. This shows that there is an increase in the preparation of educational research proposals through research methodology training for teachers in VE. This activity is beneficial because, in addition to adding skills, this activity is an update of knowledge and experience. Keywords: Research Methodology, Vocational Teacher, Research Proposals, Training INTRODUCTION In learning activities, a teacher will definitely be faced with various problems regarding students, subject matter, and learning methods. In addition, teachers must also improve the quality of learning continuously so that student learning achievement is optimal (Ahmedani et al., 2020; Daryono & Rochmadi, 2020; Kim et al., 2019; Rahmatunisa et al., 2022). One of the strategic ways for educators to improve and or improve educational services for educators in the context of classroom learning is to carry out classroom action research (Ergenc, 2020; Pamungkas, 2019). As stated by Jestratijevic & Hillery (2022) that classroom action research has a fundamental purpose, which is to be used to improve/enhance teaching and learning