IMPLEMENTATION OF ROLE PLAYING METHOD IN IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD SELF-RELIANCE IN BANDA ACEH
Abstract
Early Childhood Education aims to help develop various potentials of children such as independence in order to grow into an optimal person in the future. This is also in line with the expectation of teachers and parents who expect each child to be able to complete his or her own simple tasks such as tidying equipment, washing hands and storing bags and shoes in place. However, the expectation is very worrying for teachers and parents because based on the results of pre-observation during the odd semester 2015/2016 seen that the level of independence of children is very low, most children are still not able to do their own simple tasks related to him and tend to ask for help teachers to Do it. This research uses a qualitative approach with a total sample of 60 children fromfour schools in Banda Aceh. Data were collected through observation sheets.The results showed that at the first meeting the application of role-playing method with the theme of "profession" obtained the results of 15% (9 children) are at a very good level of independence, 20% (12 children) are at a good level of independence, 40% (24 children) are at a sufficient level of independence and 25% (15 children) are at a low level of independence. At the second meeting the application of the role-playing method with the theme of "environment" it is found that 25% (12 children) achieve a very good level of independence, 40% (24 children) are at a good level of independence, 25% (15 children) are at the level Sufficient independence and 10% (10 children) are at a low level of independence. At the third meeting the application of the role-playing method with the theme, it is found that the result of 40% (24 children) are at a very good level of independence, 40% (24 children) are at a level of independence is good, 5% (3 children) are at the level of independence and 5% (3 children) are at a level of lack of independence. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the role play method improve the independence of early childhood.
Keywords
Early childhood, independence, role play