Increasing Social Talent with an Experiential ApproachLearning for Muhammadiyah Primary School Students Flagship Program

Abstract

Abstract. Social talent is starting to weaken, so it needs to be applied at every level of education. Currently, social talents are given little attention by students and educators. As time progresses, social talents are increasingly important to improve, especially for students. The method used in this study is qualitative, with data collection techniques in the form of observation, documentation, and questionnaires. Test the validity of the data in this study using the triangulation method. The data analysis technique in this study uses ethnographic model analysis or ethnomethodology by(Spardley 2005)a qualitative research model that has the aim of describing the cultural characteristics found in individuals or groups of people who are members of a cultural community group. Creating documentation and analysis of certain cultures by conducting field research. The results of the study show that there is an increase in this research, namely an increase in social talents with indicators of conversation, making eye contact, mutual understanding, cooperation, openness, empathy, peer support, tolerance, harmony.The lowest increase was in the empathy indicator with a percentage of 42%, but after receiving treatment it increased to 81%, consisting of 17 students. Meanwhile, the indicator with the highest increase was the mutual understanding indicator, which was 28.6% from 71.4% to 100%, which is included in the very high criteria, so the empathy indicator is still relatively low. This proves that Indonesian children's empathy is still relatively low. This research uses an Experiential Learning approach in which there are four stages including real experience, observation and reflection, conceptualization, active experimentation.