Open AccessKENDALA PENERAPAN PEMBELAJARAN TEMATIK DI KELAS RENDAH SEKOLAH DASAR
Author(s) -
Sukiniarti Sukiniarti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
perspektif ilmu pendidikan/perspektif ilmu pendidikan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-2297
pISSN - 1411-5255
DOI - 10.21009/pip.282.6
Subject(s) - curriculum , mathematics education , psychology , lesson plan , thematic map , pedagogy , thematic analysis , qualitative research , theme (computing) , documentation , computer science , sociology , social science , cartography , programming language , geography , operating system
Based on the curriculum of the unit level of education or school-based curriculum (KTSP), the thematiclearning is designed to be implemented at the lower grades of primary school, namely grade 1, 2, and 3. However,in the Curriculum of 2013 the thematic learning is designed to be applied at all grades from 1st grade to the 6thgrade, and even at the higher school levels. The purpose of this study was to describe the constraints faced by thelower grade elementary school teachers in developing the lesson plans, selecting the media, and deciding on theuse of the appropriate thematic learning methods. Moreover, this study was to describe the constraints in implementingthe thematic learning in the lower grade classrooms. The subjects of this qualitative research were lowergrade teachers of elementary school in Bangka Belitung province. The data were collected through questionnaires,interviews, observation, and review of lesson plan documents formulated by the teachers. The results showed, theconstraints experienced by the teachers included the difficulty in developing the thematic lesson plan, determiningthe method, selecting the media, and preparing the evaluation tools. From this study it can be concluded that theapplication of the thematic learning in lower grades will experience problems if the teachers are not creative and donot have a broad understanding of the selected theme in relation to the subjects combined.Keywords: constraints, the application of thematic learning, the lower grades.