Optimizing Implementation of the Independent Curriculum in Rural Schools

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10.2991/978-94-6463-554-6_49How to use a DOI?

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Independent Curriculum; Independent Curriculum’s Obstacle; Independent Learning; Rural Schools

Abstract

This study aimed to know the teachers’ understanding of an Independent Curriculum’s concept, the implementation of an Independent Curriculum in the classroom, efforts to implement an Independent Curriculum, and the obstacles teachers face in implementing an Independent Curriculum. This study used a quantitative descriptive research design. Data was taken from November to December 2022. Respondents in this study were elementary school teachers in Pacitan Regency. Data was collected using the Google Form platform and distributed to 850 teachers in village schools through the Pacitan District. Data measurement was used in the form of an ordinal scale. The questionnaire contained 30 closed-ended questions. After data collection, the data were analyzed in stages: classifying and presenting data, making interpretations, and drawing conclusions. The study results showed that most teachers already understand the concept of an Independent Curriculum. The first, most teachers carried out the learning process following the characteristics of the Independent Curriculum, and the second in the planning process, core activities, and evaluation stage. Teachers have made various efforts to upgrade themselves to welcome the Independent Curriculum, such as school support and a solid teaching team. The obstacles faced by teachers during the implementation of the independent learning curriculum were confusion between Independent Curriculum implementation and 2013 year curriculum because both were still running. The research findings know that the administrative burden was still a lot, the lack of training on the Independent Curriculum. We recommend that the independence of students to learn has not been realized and is limited in learning resources.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mukodi Mukodi
AU  - Chusna Apriyanti
AU  - Sugiyono Sugiyono
AU  - M. Fashihullisan
AU  - Ridha Kurniasih Astuti
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/11/29
TI  - Optimizing Implementation of the Independent Curriculum in Rural Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Education and Technology (ICETECH 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 593
EP  - 614
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-554-6_49
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-554-6_49
ID  - Mukodi2024
ER  -