Learning Saman Dance in the Formation of Students’ Social Character

Abstract

Learning dance is not only to provide knowledge and skills in gestures and a musical rhythm process, but it also capable to form character-building and personality of students. Moreover in learning which implements Project Based Learning approach that would directly affect to the development of students' characters, especially in the value and inherited the art of dance, so students' exertion more positive. This research was intended to made how learning the Saman dance will capable to form the student's social characters at SMP Pasundan 3 Bandung. Through the qualitative research design and was conducted with the literature and documentation approach on the subject of study which is made up of 40 students of VIII grade of SMP Pasundan 3 Bandung, this research show that learning subjects of Saman dance was be given to the VIII grade students of SMP Pasundan 3 Bandung with the aim that the students have competence to understand and apply the knowledge of dance and to process, to prepare and to think in concrete about the uniqueness of characteristic of dance, gestures and dance supporting elements. Through the application of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach, learning Saman dance that be gave to students be designed by taking into account of PBL, where the students are required to produce a product in the form of Saman dance. As a whole it can be said that through implementation of the PBL approach, social characters of the students capable of being formed and built well. It can be seen from the student's ability in well group working and able to appreciate the ability and skill of the others.