Track: Knowledgebase Engineering

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the worldwide education system; one of which is demanding schools to implement Emergency Curriculum in online learning. According to the results of a quick survey of learning from homes conducted in 34 provinces in Indonesia, there are 97.6% of schools that have applied online learning with a total of respondents of 988 principals on each education rank from elementary school to high school or vocational school. This sudden change of education system brings both positive and negative impacts for students, teachers and schools. Besides, it also affects students' creativity during the teaching-learning process. This study aims to describe the impact of Emergency Curriculum implementation on students' creativity in learning drama appreciation at a vocational school during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Other than finding the positive and negative impact of implementing Emergency Curriculum, this study also shows students' creativity during online learning. This study is descriptive qualitative analyzing the impact of implementing Emergency Curriculum on students' creativity during the Covid-19 pandemic learning. Primary data is taken directly from data sources through interviews directly as well as using digital media, and observations against research informants including teachers, principals, vice principle of curriculum affairs, and students of SMKN 1 Karanganyar class Multimedia I. Secondary data is data obtained from the results of the skill scoring of making a role-play script, and various other sources such as archive documents, and other reading sources. Those collected data were then analyzed by using interactive analysis techniques validated by using data triangulation, theory, method and researcher. The findings in the study were to figure out the impact of implementing Emergency Curriculum on students' creativity during the Covid-19 pandemic learning. This was evidenced by the data of the students' assignment results along with the reality happened when research was conducted. On its implementation, this study resulted in new perspectives about the real differences between positive and negative impacts of implementing Emergency Curriculum and how it affects students' creativity during the Covid-19 pandemic learning.