Implementasi Experiental Learning dalam Meningkatkan Keterampilan Sosial dan Karakter Kebangsaan Peserta Outbound Training Scarf Outdoor Actvities Partner

Implementation of Experiental Learning to Improve Social Skills and Nationality Among Students Through Outbound Training Scarf Outdoor Activities Partner

IMPLEMENTASI EXPERIENTAL LEARNING DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN SOSIAL DAN KARAKTER KEBANGSAAN PESERTA OUTBOUND TRAINING SCARF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PARTNER

Perubahan dunia yang semakin cepat membutuhkan kesiapan dari berbagai macam hal. Pengetahuan dan keterampilan sosial perlu untuk terus diasah dan dikembangkan agar mampu menyesuaikan dengan perkembangan zaman. Siswa yang memiliki keterampilan sosial rendah akan cenderung menunjukan prasangka permusuhan, kurang mampu mengontrol emosi sulit memahami perasaan orang lain dan kurang terampil dalam menyelesaikan masalah – masalah sosial. Selain itu, semakin maraknya tindakan kekerasan yang dilakukan oleh para remaja menunjukan adanya kerusakan moral dan karakter yang dialami oleh siswa yang perlu dilakukan pembinaan lebih lanjut dalam konteks karakter khususnya yang berlandaskan nilai-nilai Pancasila dalam diri siswa, salah satunya melalui jalur pendidikan nonformal seperti outbound. Outbound training adalah salah satu program pelatihan di alam terbuka dengan pendekatan experiental learning atau belajar melalui pengalaman langsung. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengkaji proses implementasi experiental learning dalam meningkatkan keterampilan sosial dan karakkter kebangsaan peserta outbound training serta hambatan pembelajaran eksperensial dalam kegiatan outbound training.

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan proses wawancara mendalam, observasi partisipan dan dokumentasi. Informan dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari beberapa fasilitator outbound dan peserta kegiatan outbound training. Analisis data dilakukan dengan kondensasi data, display data dan verifikasi data. Sedangkan untuk uji keabsahan data dilakukan dengan kredibilitas, transferbilitas, dependabilitas dan konfirmabilitas.

Hasil penelitian menunjukan tiga tahapan proses implementasi experiental learning dalam kegiatan outbound yaitu tahap perencanaan, pelaksanaan dengan siklus experiental learning dan tahap ketiga proses evaluasi. Bentuk aktivitas yang dilakukan dalam meningkatkan keterampilan sosial yaitu sistem berkelompok, permainan edukasi, penguatan pengetahuan, jelajah alam, aktivitas pembiasaan dan penugasan yang mampu meningkatkan keterampilan dasar interaksi, komunikasi dan menyelesaikan masalah, sementara keterampilan membangun tim kurang mengalami peningkatan. Kemudian dalam hal karakter kebangsaan diwujudkan melalui pembiasaan beribadah, berkelakuan baik, renungan malam, kontrak belajar, reward and punishment, aturan permainan dan aktivitas bersih lingkungan yang mampu meningkatkan nilai religius dan disiplin peserta dalam konteks kebangsaan, sementara nilai peduli lingkungan kurang mengalami peningkatan. Hambatan dalam implementasi experiental learning terdiri dari (1) hambatan dari segi perencanaan kegiatan, (2) hambatan dari segi pelaksanaan kegiatan dan (3) hambatan dari segi sumber daya manusia yang dibutuhkan.

Kata Kunci : Experiental Learning, Keterampilan Sosial, Karakter Kebangsaan

IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TO IMPROVE SOCIAL SKILLS AND  NATIONALITY AMONG  STUDENTS THROUGH OUTBOUND TRAINING SCARF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PARTNER

The fast changing world requires readiness in various aspects. Knowledge and social skilss need to be continously honed and developed in order to adapt to the changing time. Students with low social skills tend to display prejudice, have diffiulcty controlling their emotions, struggle to understand other’s feelings, and lack profeciency in solving social problems. Morever, their increasing prevalence of violence among teenager indicates moral and character degradation, which necessitates further guidance in character development, particularly based on the values of Pancasila, through nonformal education such as outbound training. Outbound training is a program that involves outdoor activitie and employs experiental learning, where participants learn through direct experience. The purpose of this research is to examine the implementation process of experiental learning in enhancing social skills and national character among participants of outbound training, as well as the obstacles enccountered in experiental learning during outbound training activities.

This study utilizes a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection is conducted through in depth interviews, participant obsercation, and documentation. Informants in this reseacrh consist of several outbound facilitator and participatints of outbound training activities. Data analysis is performed through data condensation, data display, and verification. To ensure data validity, credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability are considered.

The research findings reveal three stages of experiental learning implementation in outbound activities : planning stage, implementation using the experiental learning cycle, and the third stage of evaluation. Activities employed to enhance social skills include teamwork systems, educational games, knowledge reinforcements, nature explortaion, habituation activities, and assigments that improve basic interaction, communication, and problem solving skills. However, team building skills showed less improvement. As for national character development, it is manifested through religious practice, good behavior, night reflections, learning contracts, reward and punishments, hame rules, and enviromental cleanliness activities, which enhance religious values and discipline among participants in the national context. However, environmental awareness showed less improvement. Obstacles in the implementation of experiental learning consist of (1) planning related challanges, (2) challanges during activity implementation, and (3) challanges related to required human resources.

Keywords : Experiental Learning, Social Skills, Nationalism