PELAKSANAAN COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING (CBL) DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN BAGI KURSUS KHIDMAT MASYARAKAT DI INSTITUSI PENGAJIAN TINGGI

Abstract

The learning process at the tertiary level needs to go through a phase of transformation in line with the demand of the current situation. The implementation of teaching activities and assignments given should emphasize the aspect of human capital formation. In other words, students need to be provided with the concept of independent study, see the problems faced by society and be sensitive to changes taking place in society. This is because, after graduation, students will be in the community. Community groups in the workplace and communities outside the workplace. Aspects of skills acquired while studying at university will be a measure of the ability of students to provide the best service to their employers later. Teaching and learning today needs to be improved according to the changing times. The stigma of society's thinking defining that lecturer are only teachers should be added to lecturers as advisors of a project or assignment given to students. Based on this factor, a study was conducted to see how the implementation of Community Based Learning (CBL) in Community Service courses can be used as an effective teaching medium in building students' personalities. The design of the study was a survey study (cross-sectional survey) and the data obtained were analyzed descriptively based on the percentage obtained from the distribution of the questionnaire. Respondents involved in this study were 239 undergraduate students from various backgrounds and institutions of study namely Uitm, UUM UniKL, and UniSHAMS. The study focused on the impact and challenges aspects of students applying CBL in Community Service courses. The findings of the study found that the formation of student personality such as self–confidence, leadership attitude, critical thinking occurs when CBL is applied in the teaching and learning process. Although CBL successfully applied in teaching and learning, there were some students who had to face some form of challenge. Among the dominant forms of challenge are differences of opinion with group members, lack of cooperation by the community, and financial constraints. However, on the basis of commitment and responsibility, students can deal with the problems faced in a wise manner and eventually be able to complete the assigned tasks.