https://ejournal.uinmadura.ac.id/index.php/perdikan/issue/feed PERDIKAN (Journal of Community Engagement) 2025-11-16T16:26:27+07:00 Fithriyah Rahmawati perdikan@iainmadura.ac.id Open Journal Systems <p align="justify"><strong>PERDIKAN:&nbsp;<strong>Journal of Community Engagement</strong>&nbsp;</strong>(E-ISSN:&nbsp;<strong><a title="perdikan" href="http://u.lipi.go.id/1557806880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2684-9615</a>)&nbsp;</strong>is a biannual (<strong>June</strong> and <strong>December</strong> each year) refereed journal concerned with the practice and processes of community engagement. It provides a forum for academics, practitioners, and community representatives to explore issues and reflect on practices relating to the full range of engaged activity. This journal is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality research focused on research, implementation, of policy about community engagement.</p> <p align="justify"><strong>PERDIKAN </strong>is published by LP2M IAIN Madura. This journal provides an opportunity to share detailed insights from different understandings and practices associated with community services. It also provides an international forum for cross-disciplinary exchange of insights and ideas regarding community engagement for dissemination.</p> <p align="justify"><strong>PERDIKAN</strong> will publish the articles to local or international society of practitioners and researchers with interest in community engagement from a wide variety of sectors. <strong>Community Engagement</strong> means community development, community services, community empowerment, community outreach, and action research.</p> <p align="justify"><strong>PERDIKAN </strong>&nbsp;is an open-access journal and free access (and free Registration). The authors can register online on the website and not charge any fee from registration process. The authors form university or researched can cite reference from this journal and giving benefits from the organization itself.</p> https://ejournal.uinmadura.ac.id/index.php/perdikan/article/view/21563 Leveraging local assets: Empowering Langsa’s community through mushroom cultivation on palm oil waste 2025-11-16T16:26:25+07:00 Juli Dwina Puspita Sari julidwina@iainlangsa.ac.id Rifyal Dahlawy Chalil rifyaldahlawy@iainlangsa.ac.id Nanda Safarida nandasafarida@iainlangsa.ac.id Shelly Midesia shellymidesia@iainlangsa.ac.id <p align="justify"><em>Langsa City, a significant palm oil producer in Aceh Province, generates approximately 724,185 tons of waste annually, with empty fruit bunches (EFB) being the primary type of waste. This significant amount of by-side product coexists with a persistent regional poverty rate (10.23%), creating a critical challenge but also a unique opportunity. This article addresses the issue of unexploited economic potential and unemployment by examining the potential of EFB waste as a valuable resource for community empowerment. The initiative applied the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) model through a community service program titled “The Langsa Local Community Mushroom Project.” The method involved three key stages: 1) an initial survey to assess community needs, 2) stakeholder socialization to build commitment, and 3) a comprehensive workshop for 40 participants. The workshop provided theoretical and practical training in cultivating mushrooms using EFB as the primary growth medium, utilizing a local waste asset directly. The program yielded significant outcomes. Pre- and post-test assessments revealed a dramatic 37-point increase in participant knowledge, with average scores rising from 45% to 82%. This research demonstrated a successful transfer of skills. Furthermore, the project yielded tangible results, including a functioning community mushroom cultivation site, and fostered a clear behavioral change. Hence, the initiative confirms that the ABCD model is highly effective in transforming a local waste problem into an economic opportunity</em><em>.<br><br></em>[Kota Langsa, sebagai penghasil kelapa sawit utama di Provinsi Aceh, menghasilkan limbah sekitar 724.185 ton per tahun, dengan Tandan Kosong Kelapa Sawit (TKKS) sebagai limbah utama. Kelimpahan produk sampingan ini beriringan dengan tingginya angka kemiskinan daerah (10,23%), yang menciptakan tantangan kritis sekaligus peluang unik. Artikel ini membahas masalah potensi ekonomi yang belum dimanfaatkan dan pengangguran dengan mengeksplorasi penggunaan alternatif limbah TKKS menjadi sumber daya berharga untuk pemberdayaan masyarakat. Inisiatif ini menerapkan model <em>Asset-Based Community Development</em> (ABCD) melalui program pengabdian masyarakat berjudul “Projek Jamur untuk Komunitas Lokal Langsa.” Metode yang dilakukan melibatkan tiga tahap utama: 1) survei awal untuk menilai kebutuhan masyarakat, 2) sosialisasi kepada pemangku kepentingan untuk membangun komitmen, dan 3) workshop komprehensif bagi 40 peserta. Workshop ini memberikan pelatihan teoritis dan praktik mengenai budi daya jamur dengan menggunakan TKKS sebagai media tumbuh utama, yang secara langsung memanfaatkan aset limbah lokal. Program ini menghasilkan luaran yang signifikan. Hasil <em>pre-test</em> dan <em>post-test</em> menunjukkan peningkatan pengetahuan peserta yang signifikan sebesar 37 poin, dengan nilai rata-rata yang naik dari 45% menjadi 82%. Hal ini menunjukkan keberhasilan diadopsinya keterampilan yang baru. Lebih lanjut, proyek ini menghasilkan luaran berupa lokasi budi daya jamur komunitas yang berfungsi dan mendorong perubahan perilaku yang nyata. Dengan demikian, program ini menegaskan bahwa model ABCD sangat efektif dalam mengubah masalah limbah lokal menjadi peluang ekonomi.]</p> 2025-11-14T09:06:38+07:00 Copyright (c) 2025 PERDIKAN (Journal of Community Engagement) https://ejournal.uinmadura.ac.id/index.php/perdikan/article/view/22233 The ravages of conflict and the echoes of poverty: Community empowerment and recovery a decade after the Wukari crises in Taraba State, Nigeria 2025-11-16T16:26:26+07:00 Sharifatu Gago Ja'afaru sharifatujaafaru@gmail.com <p align="justify"><em>This study examines the historical, socio-economic, and psychological impacts of the violent conflicts that affected the Wukari communities within Taraba State. It explores the socio-economic effects of prolonged instability, social dislocation, and impoverishment, as well as the psychosocial trauma inflicted on communities. Additionally, it examines the strategies employed by socio-economically traumatized persons and communities to recover, rebuild, and transform their conflicts, thereby reclaiming their agency. The study aimed to investigate the socio-economic effects of crises, the media's influence on the recuperation phenomenon, remedial community engagement, and the contribution of community empowerment approaches to poverty alleviation and the intertwined processes of sustainable peace and social development. The researcher employed a qualitative method, utilizing in-depth interviews with forty respondents, comprising teachers, farmers, displaced persons, women, and youth who have all survived socio-occupational crises. The poverty, devastation of agricultural land, and destruction of social capital that resulted from the crises fostered social disintegration, mistrust, and resource-embedded displacement. While the national media provided only occasional coverage, local digital media played a crucial role in advancing self-help initiatives during the socio-occupational crises, as well as facilitating local social cooperation. Community resilience was demonstrated through grassroots women's cooperatives, faith-based relief efforts, and small-scale empowerment initiatives; however, the lack of state support remained a significant obstacle. This study, informed by the Social Capital Theory, posits that the restoration of the trust, networks, and cooperation dimensions of social capital is essential for sustainable recovery and must accompany the restoration of livelihoods in the Wukari Local Government Area (LGA), Taraba State. Wukari recovery, as a key conclusion of this study, should be less focused on physical reconstruction and more on bridging the recovery of empowerment and social cohesion. Therefore, this study argues that Wukari (LGA) post-conflict, the strategic recovery empowerment and resilience mechanisms, should be centered on the recovery consolidation of trust-building, empowerment, active media and social media advocacy, the implementation of the peace committee reports, operationalised with strategic public-private partnerships for the reconstruction of sustainable infrastructure, and inform the post-conflict reconstruction.<br><br></em>[Studi ini meneliti dampak historis, sosial ekonomi, dan psikologis dari konflik kekerasan yang melanda komunitas Wukari di Negara Bagian Taraba. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi dampak sosial ekonomi dari ketidakstabilan yang berkepanjangan, ketercerabutan sosial, dan kemiskinan; trauma psikososial yang diderita masyarakat; serta strategi yang digunakan individu dan komunitas yang mengalami trauma sosial ekonomi untuk pulih, membangun kembali, dan mentransformasikan konflik mereka guna merebut kembali kendali atas kehidupan mereka. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menyelidiki dampak sosial ekonomi dari krisis, pengaruh media terhadap proses pemulihan, bentuk keterlibatan komunitas yang bersifat pemulihan, serta kontribusi pendekatan pemberdayaan masyarakat terhadap pengentasan kemiskinan dan keterkaitan antara perdamaian berkelanjutan serta pembangunan sosial. Peneliti menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan wawancara mendalam terhadap empat puluh responden, yang terdiri atas guru, petani, pengungsi, perempuan, dan pemuda yang semuanya merupakan penyintas krisis sosial-occupational. Kemiskinan, kerusakan lahan pertanian, dan hancurnya modal sosial akibat krisis tersebut menimbulkan disintegrasi sosial, ketidakpercayaan, dan perpindahan penduduk yang berakar pada sumber daya. Sementara media nasional hanya memberikan liputan sesekali, media digital lokal memainkan peran penting dalam mendorong inisiatif swadaya selama krisis sosial-ekonomi serta memfasilitasi kerja sama sosial di tingkat lokal. Ketahanan masyarakat ditunjukkan melalui koperasi perempuan akar rumput, upaya bantuan berbasis keagamaan, dan inisiatif pemberdayaan berskala kecil; namun, kurangnya dukungan pemerintah tetap menjadi hambatan besar. Studi ini, yang berlandaskan pada Teori Modal Sosial, berpendapat bahwa pemulihan dimensi kepercayaan, jaringan, dan kerja sama dalam modal sosial merupakan hal yang penting bagi pemulihan berkelanjutan dan harus berjalan seiring dengan pemulihan mata pencaharian di Wilayah Pemerintahan Lokal (LGA) Wukari, Negara Bagian Taraba. Kesimpulan utama dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa pemulihan Wukari seharusnya tidak semata-mata berfokus pada rekonstruksi fisik, melainkan lebih diarahkan pada pemulihan pemberdayaan dan kohesi sosial. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini menegaskan bahwa pasca-konflik di Wukari (LGA), mekanisme pemberdayaan dan ketahanan strategis untuk pemulihan harus berpusat pada konsolidasi kepercayaan, pemberdayaan, advokasi melalui media dan media sosial, pelaksanaan laporan komite perdamaian, serta dioperasionalkan melalui kemitraan strategis antara sektor publik dan swasta untuk rekonstruksi infrastruktur berkelanjutan dan perencanaan pembangunan pascakonflik].<em><br><br></em></p> 2025-11-16T05:49:42+07:00 Copyright (c) 2025 PERDIKAN (Journal of Community Engagement) https://ejournal.uinmadura.ac.id/index.php/perdikan/article/view/21417 Improving the competence of Geography teachers through training in Mobile-RPG development based on serious games 2025-11-16T16:26:26+07:00 Alfyananda Kurnia Putra alfyananda.fis@um.ac.id Wahyu Dwi Septiana wahyu.dwi.2107216@students.um.ac.id Diky Al Khalidy diky.al.2307218@students.um.ac.id Alfi Sahrina alfi.sahrina.fis@um.ac.id Dicky Arinta dicky.arinta@um.ac.id Neni Wahyuningtyas neni.wahyuningtyas.fis@um.ac.id Khoirul Habibah khoirul.habibah.2007216@students.um.ac.id Evalia Nurul Kholifah evalia.nurul.2107216@students.um.ac.id <p align="justify"><em>Based on the analysis of the situation, problems, and needs of MGMP Geography in Malang City, teachers experience obstacles in developing and using technology-based, innovative learning media, namely mobile role-playing games based on serious games. The purpose of community service activities is to provide training in the development of mobile role-playing game learning media based on serious games, which are games designed for specific educational goals, rather than just entertainment, and are formatted as mobile role-playing games (RPGs). This activity also aims to measure the resulting improvement in the teachers' competence. This community service activity employed a participatory training approach, structured into four phases: assessment, preparation, implementation, and evaluation, utilizing a combination of online and offline methods. The subjects in this activity were 50 teachers from MGMP Geography, Malang City. The Wilcoxon test revealed that implementing service activities had a positive impact on improving teachers' competence. In addition, the suggestion from this activity is that similar activities are needed as a form of sustainability for real efforts to improve teacher competence and the quality of geography learning.<br><br></em>[Berdasarkan analisis situasi, permasalahan, dan kebutuhan terhadap MGMP Geografi Kota Malang, guru mengalami kendala dalam mengembangkan dan memanfaatkan media pembelajaran inovatif berbasis teknologi. yaitu <em>mobile role-playing</em> game berbasis <em>serious game,</em> yaitu permainan yang di desain untuk pendidikan, bukan hanya untuk bersenang-senang, dalam format <em>role-playing game (RPG).</em> Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat yaitu memberikan pelatihan pengembangan media pembelajaran <em>mobile role-playing game</em> berbasis <em>serious game</em> dan mengukur tingkat kompetensi guru. Kegiatan pengabdian ini menggunakan pendekatan pelatihan partisipatif yang terdiri dari empat tahapan, yaitu asesmen, persiapan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi, dengan kombinasi daring dan luring. Subjek dalam kegiatan ini adalah MGMP Geografi Kota Malang sebanyak 50 guru. Berdasarkan uji Wilcoxson menunjukkan implementasi kegiatan pengabdian berdampak positif terhadap peningkatan kompetensi guru. Selain itu, saran dari kegiatan ini yaitu diperlukan kegiatan serupa sebagai bentuk keberlanjutan terhadap usaha nyata dalam meningkatkan kompetensi guru dan kualitas pembelajaran Geografi.]</p> 2025-11-14T00:00:00+07:00 Copyright (c) 2025 PERDIKAN (Journal of Community Engagement)