Detecting Teacher Difficulties in Implementing the Local Curriculum Developed by the Local Government

The purpose of this study was to detect teacher difficulties in implementing the local curriculum developed by provinces. This type of research is qualitative research type phenomenology. Data collected through focus group discussion (FGD) involves 16 participants consisting of senior high school teachers in the Riau Province of Indonesia. Data were analyzed using the qualitative approach proposed by Creswell. Results show that teachers have difficulties in understanding local culture lessons, teachers have difficulty implementing the local curriculum, the means/equipment is inadequate, teachers have difficulty in assessing affective and psychomotor domains and teachers have difficulty in marketing products from practice learning.