METODE PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS PENGALAMAN (EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEBERMAKNAAN HIDUP LANSIA

There are various problems facing by elderly, that is lonely, the elderly passively to do daily activities, regretting their life in the past so they have not found the meaningfulness of their life. Here the researcher used experiential learning intervention method to improve meaningfulness of elderly life. Experiential learning is an experience-based learning method through reflection and searching for the meaning of the experience has passed. This experientiall learning method is expected to amend the level of life meaningfulness of somebody which from meaningless life to meaningful life. The research subject were elderly which aged 60- 75 years old which amounted 20 people and divided into experimental group and control group. This research used experimental design which model was nonequivalent control group design. The intervention activity was carried out three times in a week. Measurement was made before intervention (pre-test) and after intervention (post-test). The data in this research 2 was analyzed by paired sample t test using SPSS 21, from the result of analysis in the experimental group had probability value (p) 0.000 so H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted (average of post-test score is bigger than pre-test score), because of p value was 0.000