COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum

As of April 2022, various countries around the world have shown their success in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, including Indonesia. One of the COVID-19 mitigation policies in Indonesia is the involvement of students as COVID-19 ambassadors through a program called Kampus Mengajar, which carries 12...

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Main Authors: Suyadi, Anom Wahyu Asmorojati, Anton Yudhana, Zalik Nuryana, Saedah Binti Siraj
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.902343/full
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Anom Wahyu Asmorojati
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Saedah Binti Siraj
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description As of April 2022, various countries around the world have shown their success in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, including Indonesia. One of the COVID-19 mitigation policies in Indonesia is the involvement of students as COVID-19 ambassadors through a program called Kampus Mengajar, which carries 12 credits. However, the COVID-19 ambassador experienced academic injustice because the participating study programs and faculties did not recognize the program. The purpose of this research is to analyze the recognition of COVID-19 ambassadors who participate in the program. This research uses a case study-type qualitative research. The research setting is Universitas Ahmad Dahlan involving 70 students of the program and seven heads of faculties and study programs. Observation and in-depth interviews were administered with the head of the faculty and study programs. The results showed that study programs and faculties at universities could only recognize the activities of COVID-19 ambassador students in the program that have relevance to certain subjects. Thus, the higher education unit bureaucracy has lost its human dimension and is unfair to the student ambassadors of COVID-19. The implications of the findings of this study become a scathing critique of the fading of human values in higher education.
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spelling doaj.art-34feef24312a4d97a28f80ddd98861f22022-12-22T03:17:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-09-01710.3389/feduc.2022.902343902343COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum Suyadi0Anom Wahyu Asmorojati1Anton Yudhana2Zalik Nuryana3Saedah Binti Siraj4Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaUniversitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaUniversitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaUniversitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaFaculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAs of April 2022, various countries around the world have shown their success in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, including Indonesia. One of the COVID-19 mitigation policies in Indonesia is the involvement of students as COVID-19 ambassadors through a program called Kampus Mengajar, which carries 12 credits. However, the COVID-19 ambassador experienced academic injustice because the participating study programs and faculties did not recognize the program. The purpose of this research is to analyze the recognition of COVID-19 ambassadors who participate in the program. This research uses a case study-type qualitative research. The research setting is Universitas Ahmad Dahlan involving 70 students of the program and seven heads of faculties and study programs. Observation and in-depth interviews were administered with the head of the faculty and study programs. The results showed that study programs and faculties at universities could only recognize the activities of COVID-19 ambassador students in the program that have relevance to certain subjects. Thus, the higher education unit bureaucracy has lost its human dimension and is unfair to the student ambassadors of COVID-19. The implications of the findings of this study become a scathing critique of the fading of human values in higher education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.902343/fullMBKM during COVID-19teaching campushumanitarian projectscourse recognitionIslamic educationMuhammadiyah
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COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
Frontiers in Education
MBKM during COVID-19
teaching campus
humanitarian projects
course recognition
Islamic education
Muhammadiyah
title COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
title_full COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
title_fullStr COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
title_short COVID-19 ambassadors: Recognizing Kampus Mengajar at the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
title_sort covid 19 ambassadors recognizing kampus mengajar at the merdeka belajar kampus merdeka program humanitarian projects in the tertiary education curriculum
topic MBKM during COVID-19
teaching campus
humanitarian projects
course recognition
Islamic education
Muhammadiyah
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.902343/full
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