UPAYA MENINGKATKAN SIKAP APRESIATIF DAN KREATIF DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MUSIK NUSANTARA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA MUSIK KEYBOARD PADA PESERTA DIDIK KELAS VIII A SMP NEGERI 8 PEMALANG
Abstract: There are still many
students of Pemalang Junior High School 8 who scored below the minimum standard
score criteria, that is 75, during the academic year of 2012/2013.This is
caused by a number of teachers who have not applied the appropriatemethod or
model for learning music, low frequency of students music activity, limited
music instrument, and many more. Therefore, collaboratively the author tried to
find solutions to conduct action research on problems that arise and resolved
them wisely. Together with other teachers,and identification was conducted to
find out the most prominent cause of the problem, the methods and models of
learning that has not been an efficient and an effective way to increase the
students’ appreciative and creativeattitude in learning the national music.
Based on the background described above, the authors are interested in
conducting a research which aims to improve students appreciative and
creativeattitude in learning music national music using Keyboard as the media
in the eighth grade students of Junior High School 8 Pemalang. This paper aims
to answer the issues related to improving music learning method whic is still
monotonous and not maximized. In this paper, the method used is based on the
action research approach that includes four stages; (1) planning, (2)
implementation (3) observation, and (4) analysis and reflection. The data were
obtained by collecting data from singingperformance, interviews, documentation
of national music learning activities, and observation techniques. The research
result shows that the process of learning music using Keyboard as the media can
improve students’ appreciative and creative attitude. The improvementis also
influenced by the activities of learners in the learning process derived from
the observations using the observation sheet. The observation result at the end
of the cycle indicates that the improvement ranged from 50 to 70%.
Penulis: Sugeng Hariyadi
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd142441
