Analysis of the Clean Friday Program in Fostering Students' Social Awareness Character at SDN Tanjungrejo 2 Malang

Abstract

Clean Friday is a school program to create a clean environment by involving all students and school members. Researchers often find schools with dirty environments, litter, puddles, full trash cans, and so on. This study aims to analyze the Clean Friday program in fostering social awareness characters such as cooperation, social involvement, and empathy for high-class students at SDN Tanjungrejo 2 Malang city. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques of observation, interview, and document study. The instruments in this study are observations made to 5 representatives of students from each high class and interviews conducted to 3 high-class teachers and 5 representatives of students from each high class. Data analysis used data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing by checking the validity of the findings using triangulation techniques. The results showed that the division of group tasks in clean Friday such as sweeping, mopping, wiping windows, cleaning outside the classroom, watering plants, and disposing of garbage according to its type can foster the character of social awareness, namely the character of cooperation, social involvement, and empathy of learners, although some learners are more comfortable mingling with their close friends when activities are carried out.