Strategies in Improving Early Children's Learning Motivation Through Outing Class Activities

Abstract

Motivation to learn is encouragement from within and outside the child that can affect the process and results of learning. Children's learning motivation fluctuates when learning in class and needs to be a concern of the teacher. One of the activities that can increase early childhood learning motivation is outing class. Outing Classes can encourage children's learning activities, and stimulate thinking, imagination, and creativity as well as aspects of child development. This research was conducted at RA Perwanida Pliken. The purpose of this research is to find out the strategy for increasing early childhood learning motivation through activities outing classes. This study used qualitative research methods. Data collection techniques used are means of observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis uses descriptive analysis where the writer tries to explain in detail the research data that has been collected. The main informants in this study were six students and two teachers who were determined by purposive sampling. The conclusion of this research is outing classes can increase early childhood learning motivation. Activity steps outing class are as follows: a) Planning outing class consists of determining the steps to achieve the goal, determining a safe and attractive place for the child, and the time of implementation, b) Implementation outing class namely realizing the plan that has been determined in place outing class with the teacher's direction to achieve the goal and c) Evaluation outing class implemented to find out what the goal is outing class has been achieved or not by conducting questions and answers with the child about what the child has learned on the spot outing class