64 PENERAPAN BUKU AJAR MICROTEACHING BIOLOGI BERBASIS KOMPETENSI DAN KARAKTER KONSERVASI UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN KOMPETENSI PERSONAL DAN PROFESIONAL CALON GURU Sri Sukaesih, Nugroho Edi Kartijono Jurusan Biologi, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Semarang email: sukaesih_biounnes@yahoo.com, nug.edik@gmail.com Abstract: Semarang State University (UNNES) developed curriculum of competence and conservation based. The developing of UNNES 2012 curriculum gave signs for study program to develop its curriculum. Learning equipments of each courses were need to be updated and appropriate with curriculum demand. On 2013 it has developed biology microteaching lesson book based competence and conservation character which was validated by expert, also it was stated proper use. The objective of this research was to describe the effectiveness of biology microteaching book based competence and conservation character application on developing personal competence and professional biology teacher candidate. It was pre-experimental design research by using the one-shot case study plan. It was held to biology microteaching course participant on even semester year 2013/2014. The sample of this research was 46 people. The collected data included book read data, personal and professional teacher competence data. The research result showed that the read book based on colleges gain good and very good criteria. The application of biology microteaching lesson book based competence and conservation character helped the development of teacher candidate personal competence with 82 and 87 percentage or good and very good criteria, while professional teacher competence with 86 and 88 percentage or very good criteria. The conclusion of this research is microteaching lesson book based competence and conservation character has good and very good read also effective on developing biology teacher candidate personal and professional competence. Keywords: microteaching lesson book, competence and conservation character, teacher competence. Abstrak: Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) mengembangkan kurikulum berbasis kompetensi dan konservasi. Pengambangan kurikulum UNNES 2012 memberikan pertanda bahwa Program Studi untuk mengembangkan kurikulumnya sendiri. Perangkat pembelajaran untuk setiap mata kuliah harus diperbaharui dan diubah sesuai dengan tuntutan kurikulum. Pada tahun 2013 telah dikembangkan bahan ajar microteaching untuk mahasiswa biologi berbasis kompetensi dan nilai-nilai karakter konservasi yang telah divalidasi dan dinyatakan dapat digunakan. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mendapatkan gambaran efektifitas pengunaan bahan ajar pada mahasiswa calon guru biologi untuk meningkatkan kompetensi dan profesionalisme. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah pre-ekeperimental dengan menggunakan one-shot case study. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa calon guru biologi pada tahun pelajaran 2013/2014 sebanyak 46 mahasiswa. Data yang dikoleksi dilihat dari keterbacaan buku bahan ajar, kompetensi personal dan kompetensi profesionalisme. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar memiliki keterbacaan yang baik, sementara kompetensi personal mencapai 82% dan 87% sedangkan kompetensi profesional mencapai 86% dan 88%. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah penggunaan bahan ajar microteaching berbasis kompetensi dan karakter konversi memiliki efektifitas yang baik dan keterbacaan yang baik untuk meningkatkan kompetensi personal dan profesionalisme mahasiswa calon guru.