The urgency of social-creativepreneurship competency in social studies learning during the Covid-19 pandemic: Teachers' perception

Abstract

Distance learning carried out in Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic allowed learning loss to occur due to the ineffectiveness of the implementation of learning. In this regard, students need to be provided with relevant competencies, one of which is social-creativepreneurship competency through Social Studies learning. This study is intended to investigate teachers’ perception about the urgency of the integration of social-creativepreneurship competency in Social Studies learning during the Covid-19 pandemic as life skills for students. The method used is a descriptive survey using an open questionnaire in Google Form format. The research respondents obtained were 68 Social Studies teachers at Junior High Schools in Yogyakarta. The collected data were analyzed descriptively. The findings are as follows: 1) 81% of teachers stated that the social-creativepreneurship competency is “urgent” to be integrated into Social Studies learning, and 19% stated that it is “very urgent”; 2) 86% of teachers expressed interest in integrating social-creativepreneurship competencies into Social Studies learning, 10.29% were very interested, and 2.95% were quite interested; 3) social-creativepreneurship competency can be integrated into sub-themes such as economic activities, markets, inter-regional and inter-island trade, as well as creative economy and international trade. These integrations can be carried out using demonstrations, observations, selling projects, role-playing, interviews, and social problem-solving-based learning.