PERAN KEBERADAAN KOPERASI SISWA SEBAGAI LABORATORIUM BELAJAR EKONOMI

Abstract

This study aims to find out the roles of the school cooperation as an economic-learning laboratory for students of the Vocational Schools located at Kuripan subdistrict, West Lombok. This study was carried out within the framework of qualitative descriptive research. The methods used for data collection include observations, interviews and documantations. The findings suggest that the school cooperation at the Public Vocational School 1 Kuripan serves the following roles: to provide students with their needs at school, to help students in developing characters of honesty and responsibility, to promote students’ insight into economic science, to provide students with organization education. As for the school cooperation at the Public Vocational School 2 Kuripan, the two following roles are identified: to give a help with providing students’ needs at school and to provide a place to sell creative products by the students in particular those who are specialized in cullinary art and agriculture.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peran dari keberadaan koperasi siswa sebagai laboratorium belajar ekonomi di SMK sekecamatan Kuripan Lombok Barat.  Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif. Instrumen pengumpulan data berupa observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian di SMKN 1 Kuripan, peran dari keberadaan koperasi siswa sebagai laboratorium belajar ekonomi, yaitu, membantu memenuhi kebutuhan siswa di sekolah, menumbuhkan nilai-nilai kejujuran dan rasa tanggung jawab, meningkatkan pengetahuan ekonomi siswa, mendidik sisiwa berorganisasi. Sementara itu, koperasi siswa SMKN 2 Kuripan mempunyai peran membantu memenuhi segala kebutuhan siswa di sekolah, sebagi tempat penjualan barang-barang hasil kreasi dari siswa khusunya yang mengambil jurusan tata boga, dan pertanian.