Abstract :
Curriculum Merdeka is a curriculum with diverse extracurricular learning,
where the content presented to students will be optimized so that students can have
enough time to explore concepts and strengthen competencies. The Curriculum
Merdeka was launched in 2021 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Research
as a bridge of access for teachers to channel creativity and build an educational
ecosystem to catch up with the learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
purpose of this study is to find learning strategis employed by teachers in the
Merdeka curriculum, to find how teachers implement the concept of the Merdeka
curriculum in their teaching methods, and to identify the challenges faced by
teachers in implementing the Merdeka curriculum.
This type of research uses qualitative research was chosen because the
collection and analysis explain more detail related to the research topic. This
research is a case study using interview and observation methods conducted at
school. The interview questions were adapted from the theory of evaluation
concepts put forward by Hamalik. The subjects of this study were English teachers
and the head of curriculum. The interview consisted of open-ended questions to
obtain relevant information about the Merdeka curriculum.
The results of this research indicate that the implementation of the
Curriculum Merdeka in English language learning at SD Muhammadiyah
Karangakajen Yogyakarta is by the Merdeka curriculum, namely with class
processing methods, learning processes, assessment, and evaluation. Although
there are several unresolved obstacles in implementing this curriculum, teachers
can still handle problems during the learning process, although technically teachers
are still adapting to the Merdeka curriculum.