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This study aims to determine the effect of providing Pedagogical Skills Excercise (PSE) on the teaching ability of pre-service chemistry teachers in the Field Experience Practice (FEP). The PSE used in this study consist of three different aspects, namely the skill of developing teaching materials, the skill to manage the classroom, and the skill to carry out the evaluation process. The FEP program is created as part of student teachers’ curricula created by university in colaboration with random schools at specific area. This study was carried out in two different phase, first the PSE process was given to the pre-service chemistry teacher, second the FEP program conducted by pre-service chemistry teacher at random school selected by the university (rular, urban, or remote schools). Eighteen pre-service chemistry teachers of Islamic University of Kalimantan Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari Banjarmasin was participated in this study. This study start from the second semester of the 2016/2017 school year until the first semester of the 2017/2018 school year. The data were collected through observation, interview, and test. The results showed that the implementation of PSE could improve the teaching ability of pre-service chemistry teachers in FEP. The average score of all participant in all aspects is increased from  60.5 to 82.5.

pedagogical skills; pre-service teacher; field experience practice