An Collaborative and Empathetic Skills in Primary School Students in Sumenep: A Phenomenological Study
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Collaboration Skills, empathetic attitudes, primary educationAbstract
This study explores how students adapt collaboration and empathy in their daily classroom learning and what factors affect their development. This study uses a qualitative approach with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). It involved 27 participants: 18 students in Grades 4-6 (aged 9–12) and 9 teachers with at least 5 years of experience. The population was selected from three public elementary schools in Sumenep Regency, Madura, and data were collected through classroom observations, semi-structured interviews, and learning documents, then analyzed using IPA steps. The findings indicate three main ideas. First, collaboration often happens as group work guided by teachers. Second, empathy appears as a mix of caring feelings and limited understanding of others. Third, cultural values play an important role in shaping both skills. Collaboration is affected by teacher-centered practices, limited group learning structures, and harmony values. Students' development, external motivation, politeness, and few chances to practice seeing others' perspectives affect empathy. This study contributes to how collaboration and empathy develop in elementary classrooms in non-metropolitan Indonesia.
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