Implementation of the 2013 Curriculum in the Learning Process in Primary School at West Sumatra Province

Abstract

Curriculum is an important tool used to direct the learning process in schools. In the implementation of the 2013 curriculum, the learning process provided by teachers was not following the demands of the 2013 curriculum, such as strategies, media, and assessments were still not appropriate to achieve learning objectives. This shows the need for research that focuses more on the learning process in implementing the 2013 curriculum. The focus of the research is on the following three objectives to identify planning, implementation, and assessment of learning for the 2013 Curriculum in primary school at West Sumatra Province. This research uses qualitative methods with interviews, observation, and document analysis by 1 headmaster, 1 teacher, and 1 student in primary school at West Sumatra Province. Techniques of validity and reliability of research findings used triangulation. The results of the 2013 Curriculum learning planning research were carried out by selecting themes, checking teacher books, checking learning steps, and making lesson plans. The implementation of the 2013 Curriculum is based on thematic learning using a scientific approach. 2013 curriculum learning assessment with authentic assessment. These findings underlie the implementation of the 2013 curriculum in the learning process in primary school at West Sumatra Province, following the provisions of the 2013 curriculum and according to Ralph W. Tyler's curriculum theory.