Kajian Metode Project Based Learning sebagai Strategi Optimalisasi Kinerja Mahasiswa Magang KPU Provinsi Jawa Timur

Abstract

Internship is a program specially prepared so that students can prepare themselves to become
professional human resources in the world of work. The implementation of internships carried out
by students from universities has a variety of systematic, technical and implementation flows
caused by the policies of each university. Even though the systematic and technical diversity of
implementation at each university is different, it is hoped that internship students can make an
active contribution and impact on the internship agency, the home university and the individual.
However, the reality is that not all interns who contribute to an institution or company can have
maximum performance during the internship period. One strategy that can be used to improve the
performance of intern students is through the implementation of Project Based Learning. Project
based learning is a method that encourages students to be able to think critically and creatively
based on projects initiated by individuals or groups who face certain situations adjusting the
internship location in relation to real work situations. This research aims to analyze the project
based learning method for internship students to improve student internship performance. The
reality in the field shows that internships are still often used as an agenda to fulfill academic
requirements alone, so that in their implementation there is still passive participation from the
students concerned. To avoid implementing internship programs that are carried out only for
formality, the project based learning method is one strategy in suppressing the passive
participation of internship students so that they can think critically and be proactive in facing the
challenges of the real world of work. This research was conducted using qualitative methods, with
a phenomenological approach. The data collection was carried out using questionnaires,
interviews and literature studies to strengthen research findings. The results of this research prove
that intern students feel they are not productive and tend to have low performance due to several
consecutive causes and many of them are due to internal conditions in the relevant agencies.