THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM BASED ON LEARNING THEORY

Abstract

Freedom to learn is one of the ways carried out by the government in order to improve the quality of Indonesian higher education. Teachers and students free their minds with this learning program. This article aims to enable educators to find out what types of learning theory are suitable for use when carrying out the learning process using an independent curriculum. This study uses library research methods or library research with a qualitative approach. In obtaining this research data using data sources from books, journals, documents, writings, and other sources related to the title of the article. Based on this research, of the four types of learning theory in learning, the researchers produced that constructivism learning theory is suitable to be applied if using an independent curriculum. because, constructivism theory emphasizes the activeness and freedom of students in the learning process. This is in line with the concept of independent learning. With an independent learning design, it is hoped that the learning process can take place anywhere, both inside and outside the classroom.