How Project Based Learning Boost Learning Environment

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 66 1st Yogyakarta International Conference on Educational Management/Administration and Pedagogy (YICEMAP 2017) How Project Based Learning Boost Learning Environment Pujiriyanto Mulyoto The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Sebelas Maret University Sebelas Maret University Surakarta, Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Samsi Haryanto Dewi Rochsantiningsih The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Sebelas Maret University Sebelas Maret University Surakarta, Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Abstract— Environment is one of the contributing factors to education is still taught teoritically and it is still focus on develop creativity. This study aimed to investigate the mastery of learning material so pedagogical aspect is performance of the project-based learning (PBL) model designed becoming imperative challenge. There are many debates to develop creative learning environments according to the which are still going on about the relevance, pedagogies, students’ perceptions. The method employed for the study is quasi experimental using one group pretest posttest design effectiveness, even about the sense of entrepreneurship inlvolved 42 students of an entrepreneurship class. A scale was education in general [2]. There are numerous challenges faced developed to measure the students’ perceptions of learning by entrepreneurship educators to enhance learning based on environment after the treatment. We also observed the students’ their experiences which offers many activities [3]. activities and responses during the project implementation. Paired sample t-test used to analyze the difference between two Creativity requires a condusive environment related to sets of observation. The result showed that there is significant psychological security and psychological freedom. difference between the two sets of observation. Students’ Developing creativity can not be achieved without appropriate responses indicated that PBL was capable to develop supporting learning approach which is capable to create more condusive learning environment that it is useful for creativity development. learning environment. Pedagogical models are being applied Keywords—learning environment, project base learning, should be compatible with efforts to form environment that creativity stimulate creativity. [4] stated that learning environment is a factor which is efficient instrument to develop creativity. [5] stated environmental or cultural factors affect to behavior or I. INTRODUCTION personality of an entrepreneur greatly. President Jokowi separated the affairs of the Creative We found there are two opposite groups related to Economy from the Ministry of Tourism. He also established a pedagogical models being applied in entrepreneurship new agency called creative economy institution (Bekraf) education. The advocates of the conventional pattern and dealing with creative economy development in order to innovators claimed that their own models are the best. The promote the creative industries in the country. Universities in innovators strive to implement the student-centered learning Indonesia including whose field of study are education also (SCL) approach because it is considered to provide respond to the policy by strengthening their role through opportunity for improving creativity, such as project-based entrepreneurship education. There is awareness among learning (PBL) is being developed. Many universities are universities’ stake holder that the essence of entrepreneurship trying to adopt project-based learning as an innovative education is creativity development. There are evidences that learning method however PBL is still openly interpreted. The academically educated entrepreneurs are more important in innovators believe that they will get more flexible learning developing regional economies than entrepreneurs with a process that accommodate students’ characteristic. lower level of education [1]. Many universities place Unfortunately, the group of innovators often interpret that entrepreneurship as compulsory subject eventhough it is a PBL is very open so it is still far from a systematic relatively new subject. Unfortunately, entrepreneurship instructional design. The innovators convince that the full Copyright © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. 169 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 66 freedom through PBL is able to stimulate students to be more Classrooms’ environment can be designed to be more creative. Innovators look to be more radical that focused on conducive to develop creativity because theories about final product but less attention in learning environment. organizational creativity emphasize the influence of the work environment role on the creative behavior of an individual or a The conventional supporters tend to focus on the mastery team [17] [18]. According to [19] creativity in a product is a of learning material and final product but insufficient attention result of a syndrome involving the attributes of the to environmental factors. Educational institutions need to environment both for creators and assessors, including the change the process of learning to enable their students to following; source of evaluation, source of support or develop their right brain [6]. [7] indicated a low level of resources, and source of stimulation or inspiration. satisfaction with the learning of entrepreneurship conducted for the reason that the learning methods do not capable or The most effective strategy for developing creative insufficient to support conducive learning environment to learning environment is change way of teaching. Strategies develop creativity. that could form condusive learning environment have the characteristics of facilitating active learning, being The advocates of the conventional pattern come into the constructivist and collaborative, and providing opportunities judgement that PBL only waste time and causes an for improvisation [20]. The pedagogical challenge is that uncontrolled learning atmosphere with no clear results. On the entrepreneurial competencies are more holistic and other hand, the innovators come into the judgement that the psychologically oriented than traditional subject-matter skills conventional learning pattern is regarded as hampering and [1]. shackling so that it causes the learning environment becomes insufficiently to develop students’ creativity. PBL is characterized by collaboration where learners have opportunity to share their ideas through brainstorming. Project-based learning is an instructional method centred Students are exposed to a wide range of skills and on the learner. Students develop a question and guided competencies such as collaboration, project planning, decision through research under the teacher‘s supervision [8]. Project- making, and time management through project-based learning based learning can be defined briefly as “a model that [21], project-based learning allows in-depth investigation of a organizes learning around projects”, involves students in a topic. In PBL students are central role in design, decision constructive investigation, focus on problems, drive students making, and problem-solving based on challenging questions into deep learning, and realistic projects [9]. that encouraged students having opportunity to work relatively Individuals creativity ability is inseparable from the autonomously [22]. In PBL, students is designed to engage as influence of culture and society. Family is also influential investigator of complex and authentic problems, then designed factor that form creative stimulating environment. The products and task carefully [23]. During the investigation attributes that can improve creativity are not only campus students gather information by themselves. Classroom environment but also influenced by family [10]. Democratic activities should be student-centred, cooperative, and family is good for developing creativity [11]. The interactive [24]. Students are able to become responsible for environmental factors are very widespread concept as seen their own learning. from the macro-perspective include the natural environment [25] stated creativity techniques like brainstorming are and the social environment, besides the personality factor also generally considered useful tools to generate idea. These operating within oneself as self-environment ([12]. Yang & characteristics fit the principles of PBL but they need to be Zhong, 2012). It indicate that person and environment is designed systematically. Knowledge is constructed by related each other. So, the person-environment relation (P-E students, but a learning scenario must be designed. PBL are fit) is important to become congruent. The consideration not be worthy of being interpreted very openly. Moderate concerning the person-environment being well matched is contructivism is appropriate as the basis for project-based based on a tradition about interaction in the field of learning. The implementation of PBL rests on students psychology declaring that individuals’ behavior is a function actively learning by doing [26] or using the active learning

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