Child Freedom Awareness Education as a Model for Strengthening Independent Curriculum for Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Study at Sanggar Anak Alam (SALAM) Yogyakarta

Abstract

Children's freedom is urgent from basic education to higher education which often neglects to appreciate the potential children. Children are often seen as parents' obsessions or simply objects of teacher learning. Children are individuals who have their interests and freedom. The freedom of the child in question is not the freedom to do something as it pleases but the freedom to determine how to learn and what learning materials the child wants to learn. So learning is no longer only based on rigid textbook theory, but based on research according to the needs and reality of the child himself. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic which prioritizes children's learning independence. The research method used is qualitative with a case study model. This case study was conducted at the Sanggar Anak Alam (SALAM) in Bantul City, Yogyakarta Province. This case study was intended to explore the values of freedom in the educational curriculum used in the teaching and learning process, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study are the formulation of a curriculum that is aware of children's freedom and what basic knowledge children need to master in supporting their freedom of learning.