PERKEMBANGAN SEPUTAR DEWASA AWAL 1. Pendahuluan Dewasa awal adalah masa peralihan dari masa remaja. Masa remaja yang ditandai dengan pencarian identitas diri, pada masa dewasa awal.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui implementasi pembelajaran terpadu pada pendidikan anak usia dini dan pengaruh pembelajaran terpadu terhadap aspek perkembangan anak. Penelitian ini adalah Penelitian metode kualitatif dengan dengan pendekatan fenomenologis yang mendeskripsikan tentang pemahaman terhadap seseorang di berbagai situasi dimana akan menjadi bagian utama dalam penggambarannya. Teknik pengumpulan data pengamatan peran serta, di mana peneliti berfungsi sebagai instrumen yang tak terpisahkan dengan subjek penelitian untuk melakukan wawancara mendalam, pengamatan terus-menerus dan studi dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan dengan model analisis interaktif yang dilakukan melalui empat kegiatan utama yakni: pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan atau verifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Proses pembelajaran terpadu yang dilakukan belum memperlihatkan keterkaitan antara tema dan dilakukan melalui tahapan: kegiatan perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Pengaruh pembelajaran terhadap perkembangan anak, bidang yang paling menonjol adalah bidang sosial emosional dengan pengenalan “rewards and punishment”.
Kata kunci: pembelajaran terpadu, pendidikan anak usia dini, aspek perkembangan anak
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN KB-TK ISLAM AL AZHAR 31 YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
This study aims to investigate: (1) the implementation of integrated learning in early childhood education, and (2) the impact of integrated learning on the aspects of children’s development. The study employed the qualitative method with the phenomenological approach in which the illustration of understanding people in different situation becomes the essential point of the data. The data were collected through participant observations, in which the researcher functioned as the instrument inseparable from the research subjects to carry out in-depth interviews, continuous observations, and documentation study. The data analysis technique was the interactive analysis model conducted in four main activities, namely data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing or verification. The research findings are as follows. (1) The implemented integrated learning process has not shown the relation among themes and was conducted through the stages of activity planning, implementation, and evaluation. In terms of the impact of learning on children’s development, the most outstanding areas are the emotional and social areas using the introduction to rewards and punishments.
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