Improving the Moral Attitudes of Primary School Students Through Social Activities in the Community

Abstract

The aim of implementing this program is to improve the moral attitudes of students in elementary schools. This program is based on social activities in the community. This Design Base Research (DBR) research focuses on developing educational interventions to improve the objectives of the intervention provided. Participants in this research were 42 students, 2 teachers, and parents of students who took part in the program. The forms of intervention carried out are, (1) Volunteer Club; (2) Moral Mentorship; and (3) Entrepreneurship Program. The research instruments to measure the intervention are student perception questionnaires, parental involvement questionnaires, and questions about moral issues which have been tested for validity and reliability. The results of this research are that students experience positive changes in moral attitudes at school and at home. In addition, it was found that there was no difference in moral attitudes for both male and female students.

Keywords

• attitude
• morality
• social activity
• student