Culinary Literacy and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness in a Professional Teaching Program

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of culinary literacy, self-efficacy, and readiness among students in the Culinary Education Program who are participating in the LANTIP program. Furthermore, the study aims to examine the relationship between culinary literacy and self-efficacy with student readiness, both individually (partial correlation) and jointly (multiple correlation). This research employed a quantitative correlational approach, with the study population consisting of all 82 students from the 2022 cohort of the Culinary Education Program at Universitas Negeri Semarang who were scheduled to take part in the LANTIP program. The sampling technique used was total sampling, involving the entire population. Data were collected using a structured, closed-ended questionnaire based on a Likert scale, developed according to specific indicators for each variable. Data analysis involved descriptive statistical analysis (percentages), normality and linearity tests, simple correlation analysis, and multiple correlation analysis. The results of the descriptive statistical analysis indicated that students’ levels of culinary literacy, self-efficacy, and readiness for the LANTIP program were all in the high category. The simple correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between culinary literacy and students’ readiness, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.633 and a significance value of 0.000. Additionally, self-efficacy was also found to have a significant relationship with readiness, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.891 and a significance value of 0.000. The results of the multiple correlation analysis showed a very strong relationship between culinary literacy and self-efficacy with students’ readiness for the LANTIP program, with an R value of 0.904.