Teacher competence is dynamic according to the development of science and technology. The demand for teachers to always be creative and innovative in developing the learning they manage. Government of Indonesia made a policy that aims to improve the competence of teachers in carrying out duties as an educator in school, both competency pedagogy, personality, social, and professional competencies. Problems found in the field that teachers have difficulty doing educational research and making research reports for professional development is due to the lack of teacher understanding of educational research methodologies. Classroom action research workshops are seen as effective in increasing teacher understanding of educational research. The subjects of the study in the implementation of this class action research workshop were junior and senior high school teachers in Balangan District, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, totaling 14 teachers. To measure the effectiveness of implementation in increasing teacher understanding of educational research, pre-test and post-test were analyzed and analyzed using N-gain score analysis. Based on the study it can be concluded that the classroom action research workshops given to teachers by the methods of discussion, question and answer, presentations, and assignments are effective in increasing teacher understanding of classroom action research in the medium category.

Keywords : Classroom Action Research (CAR), Teacher Competence, Teacher Research Competence.