Integrating Research in Practice Teaching Program: Efforts to Prepare Agile Graduates through FBS Megajar
I Made Sutama, I Putu Mas Dewantara

Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Abstract

The efforts to implement the mandate of Ministry of Education Regulation Number 3 of 2020 apart from encouraging and facilitating students to participate in flagship Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program are also carried out by Higher Education Institutions, including Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha (Undiksha) through the implementation of Independent MBKM in form of FBS Mengajar Program. It was launched by the Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni (FBS) as a form of teaching assistance program integrated with research. As an innovative and pilot program, it faces a number of opportunities and challenges. This research was conducted to analyze the opportunities and challenges of FBS Mengajar through surveys, interviews, and focus group discussions with 5 study program coordinators, 3 department heads, 31 lecturers, 42 teachers, 23 partner school principals, and 155 sixth semester students of the education program. The research data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that FBS Mengajar with complex requirements and research integration is a good opportunity in an effort to prepare superior graduates who are agile. The challenge ahead is how this program is communicated more widely to provide a complex understanding of the program. In addition, it is necessary to have an integrated system that supports FBS Mengajar Program.

Keywords: teaching- research- agile graduates- opportunities- challenges

Topic: Universal Quality Education