ANALISIS PENERAPAN KURIKULUM MERDEKA DENGAN MODEL PROJECT BASED LEARNING PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPAS DI SEKOLAH DASAR

The implementation of the Independent Curriculum aims to reduce students' learning burden and focus students on their interests and abilities. The Merdeka Curriculum requires students to be able to learn completely and comprehensively by combining science and social studies content into science. By combining this content, a learning model is needed that is able to accommodate students' learning needs by prioritizing student-centered learning. Based on this, this research aims to reveal the application of the Independent Curriculum with a project based learning model in science and social learning in elementary schools. This research is a qualitative descriptive research, with data collection techniques using observation and interviews. The subjects of this research were the 4th grade students of Klaci Public Elementary School, numbering 27, and the 4th grade teacher of Klaci Public Elementary School. The data obtained is then reduced to sort, select and simplify the subject matter then the appropriate data will be presented in the form of a descriptive description. From the data description, conclusions will then be drawn. Based on research conducted on October 5, 2023 at the Klaci Public Elementary School, it is known that the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum prioritizes learning that focuses on students and their development, so that PjBL is one of the appropriate learning models to be applied to science and technology content because it can develop various aspects of knowledge, affection, and psychomotor students.