The Decrease Of The Character Of Responsibility In Early Chilhood As The Impact Of Online Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The application of online learning is a learning method carried out by the Early Childhood Education unit in the Semarang city area during the covid-19 outbreak. This refers to the Information Letter published by the Minister of Education and Culture Number 4 of 2020 concerning the Implementation of Education Policies in the Emergency Period for the Spread of the Corona Virus. Since its implementation, several problems have arisen in the implementation process. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach, namely photographing the situation that occurs in the field and interpreting it as a factual event with all the backgrounds and goals that arise and then analyzing it through ethnographic theory so that it becomes intact and provides an overview of the solution. The research locations were three schools from 3 different sub-districts in Semarang. The subjects observed consisted of 9 teachers, 45 students, and 45 parents of students selected as representatives of distance learning conditions in Early Childhood Education units. A random sampling technique was used to determine schools and research subjects. This study indicates that 78% of teachers experience learning technology unpreparedness; 87% of students have learning difficulties; 91% of parents do not understand how to provide learning that instills the value of responsibility. This study concludes a learning loss on responsibility character education in distance learning for early childhood in Semarang.