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Technology makes it easier for students to acquire
knowledge not only through formal learning, but can
be through various media and learning resources.
Learning resources can be from the internet, the
surrounding environment, society, institutions,
professions or even peers. The campus also invites
members, community leaders, or the public to go to
campus to talk about topics related to their work, for
example if at Universitas Andalas is known as an
entrepreneurial public lecture. Lecturers are no longer
the only source of learning but learning partners.
The learning process based on Student Centered
Learning utilizes various learning resources around
the campus. The libraries on campus have books that
support the learning process, besides that this library
also contains recreational books that can be read to
fill students' free time. The environment around the
campus other than the library can be used for the
learning process, for example the botanical garden of
the Faculty of Biology Universitas Andalas
2 METHOD
Research settings in this case are undergraduate
students in the Department of Public Administration,
FISIP, Universitas Andalas in semester 6. Class
actions are carried out for one semester, namely in the
even semester of 2017/2018 school year which is in
the range of February to June 2018. For research
locations is in the Department of Public
Administration, Universitas Andalas and in the
Environmental Policy and Disaster Management
lecture room, namely Tuesday at 10.10-13.00 WIB in
building C. Meeting Room of the 2nd Floor
Department. Research Objectives are the creation of
learning practices centered on students with active
learning. Data collection techniques were carried out
by looking at / treating student activities in the
classroom in group discussion activities, asking
questions during class discussion, using small group
discussion and collaborative learning methods with
the division of group and individual tasks prepared by
the lecturer, and evaluating student learning outcomes
by holding a quiz. While the data analysis is done by
collecting data that already exists and then coding,
verifying and analyzing according to the needs of this
study.
3 RESULT AND ANALYSIS
Environmental Policy and Disaster Management
courses are courses in the Public Administration
Department, which are intended for 6th semester
students. The learning process is carried out by
applying the Student Centered Learning based
learning process. In order for this learning process to
work properly, it requires an appropriate learning
strategy. In the Environmental Policy and Disaster
Management class two learning strategies were
applied in the practice of delivering Student Centered
Learning based learning processes, namely small
group discussion, and Collaborative learning. The
applied learning strategy prioritizes student activity,
and appreciates the uniqueness that exists in each
student. Contextual learning strategies associate
student knowledge with the real world so as to
facilitate students to understand and apply that
knowledge. Moreover, this subject is a fairly
applicative subject, this is because the material and
topic of the discussion are strongly related to
phenomena or problems that occur in the community,
such as environmental issues, the problem of natural
disasters that often hit the country and other
problems. The application of this method is done in
combination with the classical method by giving the
main role in the learning process to the lecturer as the
main speaker who will give an explanation of the
objectives and lecture material. Lecturers as
presenters only convey the objectives and subject
matter that must be achieved in each meeting with 10
minutes at the beginning of the lecture. This classical
method is used as an introduction and stimulant for
the next learning process which emphasizes the active
role of class participants in accordance with the
design. Class participants have been given
beforehand with reading material reading
assignments for the material at that week's meeting.
Reading material has been provided by the teaching
team and can be obtained by students by
photocopying.
In each course meeting, the lecturer as the main
speaker gives material based on the Semester
Learning Plan that has been set. The material was
delivered using power point slides and compiled
teaching materials to facilitate students to absorb the
material at the meeting. Researchers have compiled
teaching materials and reading material that can be
accessed by students to explore lecture material
outside face-to-face hours. Teaching materials and
reading material are very important for students to be
able to understand the material more deeply.
Evaluation of whether students read reading material
Development of Small Group Discussion Method and Collaborative Learning Course Environment Policy and Disaster Management
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