UTILIZATION OF USED CALENDAR MEDIA IN IMPROVING AL-ISLAM AND MUHAMMADIYAH LEARNING AT THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA

Abstract

The aim of carrying out this research is that apart from implementing the elements of the tri-dharma of higher education, it is also an effort to create higher quality education. Lecturers often face difficulties in providing learning media for the courses they teach. Therefore, lecturers should provide learning media that can increase students' enthusiasm and concentration in learning so that students do not get bored and can easily understand the learning. This research uses an exploratory qualitative method with an inductive approach. Then the researchers deliberately chose several people as informants, including Islamic and Muhammadiyah lecturers and students. To maintain the confidentiality of respondents, researchers did not mention their full names in this study. Next, the researcher carried out a structured interview process using several questions that were prepared and connected and developed with related literature. Results of this research. First, even though initially using calendar media, Al-Islam and Muhammadiyah teachers can still use it as a learning medium and an appropriate means of conveying material messages to students during class. This allows instructors to use used calendar media to design learning methods using it. Second, the used calendars used by students as learning media increase student creativity, this should be appreciated by lecturers. Third, to maximize the results achieved, the used calendar media used still needs to be developed and improved and further research is needed.