FOSTERING STUDENT AGENCY: STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING

Marusaha MP Siahaan

Abstract


Student agency is a learner-centered learning concept where learning considers students' voice, choice, and ownership of learning. This research is to determine the strategy for promoting active engagement in learning by fostering a student agency of Grade 6 SD SPK Monte Sienna. The research method used is qualitative with participatory observation, semi-structured interviews, and document study. This research takes a sample of 26 grade 6 students at SD SPK Monte Sienna. The research findings show that strategies to promote student agency can increase student engagement in learning by allowing students to choose the topics they will learn, providing opportunities to ask and explore preferred topics, provide a variety of assessment, differentiation, and providing opportunities for reflection on their learning process. In addition, this approach can help students think critically, solve problems, and work together. This research shows that the approach to promoting student agency will increase student engagement in learning. Therefore, this approach can be used as an alternative strategy to improve the quality of education in schools.

Keywords


student agency, active engagement in learning, student voice, student choice, student’s ownership

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/jtkp.v7i1.75862

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