Parents' understanding and involvement in the concept of Merdeka Belajar at elementary school

Abstract

The consideration for this research is the implementation of the Merdeka Belajar Curriculum, which has one of the leading programs, namely parent and school collaboration. As for the purpose of research is to provide a on the extent to which parents understanding the concept of Merdeka Belajar and the involvement of all the parents by schools. This study using methods of sampling purposive survey. The (Direktorat Sekolah Dasar, 2022)background SD – S2, (2) has tshe ability to access the internet, (3 )  public school, national private, and based on religious denomination, (4) Have children in grades 1 – 6 elementary school. The results of research related to parental understanding of the concept of Merdeka Belajar indicate that (1) parents disagree with routine activities always in the classroom and too much activity with student sheets (2) parents disagree with an excessive pr loading to students (3) parents agree with the activities that are undermining (4) parents agree that ability literasi students is important. As for the involvement of parents in support of independent study stated that (1) parents agree that the role of involvement in independent study important to do. (2) parents understood the engagement of attending an invitation from school, (3) parents not to take to developing partnerships with schools. Parents understand the Merdeka Belajar curriculum from the perspective of changes in learning activities that lead to education.  Parents also have an awareness of the importance of involvement but do not understand what efforts need to be made to develop partnerships with schools. An important finding in this study is the importance of strategic and massive efforts made by schools to strengthen the relationship between schools and parents so that the educational atmosphere in a school is more qualified and collaborative.