MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN “IN THE NEWS” PADA PELAJARAN PKN DALAM STANDAR KOMPETENSI ‘MENGANALISIS SISTEM POLITIK DI INDONESIA’ DI KELAS X-2 MAN 3 KEDIRI SEMESTER GENAP TAHUN PELAJARAN 2012-2013

Abstract

The students in class X  2 of MAN 3 Kediri generally consider PKN less important lesson. As a result, the students are reluctant to know the material. In class, they become passive, unexcited, and have difficulty in understanding the material of PKN given by the teacher. Therefore, special learning strategyis needed to enhance students’ motivation to learn PKN materials. Learning strategy in this study is "In The News". The procedure of“In The News approach” is that students are divided into groups in which each group has to bring articles, headlines, editorials or certain caricatures as teachers expected.Each group chooses one article of their interest to be presented and discussed; Another student noted the key points of the presentation the discussion. The research data shows that an increase in students’ motivation and comparedto the results of the previous and the last cycle. Thus we can conclude that from the aspect of affective (motivation) approaches used have  positive impact. Keywords: PKN, class X of MAN 3 Kediri, In The News, Motivation introduction