Implementation of the Independent Learning (Merdeka Belajar) Curriculum in Physical Education Sports and Health Subjects in Public Junior High Schools in Sleman District

Abstract

The research objectives are to find out: (1) Implementation of Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in Physical Education, Sports and Health subjects at State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency. (2) Obstacles in the implementation of Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in Physical Education, Sports and Health subjects at State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency. (3) Solutions made to overcome the obstacles to the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in Physical Education, Sports and Health subjects. The method used mixed research. The subjects of this study were principals and Physical Education, Sports and Health teachers in public junior high schools in Sleman Regency which were taken based on random sampling. The instruments used were interviews and questionnaires. The data analysis techniques used were qualitative and quantitative. Research results: (1) Implementation of Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in Physical Education, Sports and Health subjects in State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency is in the sufficient and good categories, namely 50.00%. State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency have implemented the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in stages, and have implemented Project-Based Learning which is one of the learning activities in the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum. (2) The obstacles in the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in the Physical Education, Sports and Health subject in State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency are that teachers are still difficult to instill the 6 characters of the Pancasila Student Profile to students with the various characteristics that each student has. In addition, from the observations made by researchers, it can also be seen that teachers have not been able to get out of their comfort zone in teaching, as it can be seen that in teaching they are still comfortable with using the method and the teacher's lack of ability to use learning media, this can be seen when the teacher teaches mostly only explaining the material and then giving assignments to students. (3) The solution carried out in the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum in Physical Education, Sports and Health subjects at State Junior High Schools in Sleman Regency is that teachers look for information or references about learning assessments and regularly attend training on the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum held.