potency of that leadership skill development leads to the research question about students’ perception on the leadership skill development in the learning process of
Play Performance Course. The further explanation will be presented as follows.
B. Research Problem
From the research background presented, a question is formulated. The question is:
1. What is students’ perception on the effect of learning process in Play
Performance Course on the development of students’ leadership skill?
C. Problem Limitation
This study aims to investigate students’ learning process inside and outside
the classroom and their perception on the effect of learning process in Play Performance Course on
the development of students’ leadership skill. The researcher focuses on the sixth semester students batch 2013 who had taken Play
Performance Course in the previous semester because the course is offered in the
fifth and sixth semester.
D. Research Objectives
The process of working in a group develops students ’ skills and one the skills
is leadership. Leadership itself is very important in the learning process and daily life. Hence, t
he aim of this research is to find out students’ perception on the effect of learning process in Play Performance Course on
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leadership skill. The researcher intends to describe a leadership skill and how it is developed during the learning process. Above all
, leadership is everyone’s business Hughes, Ginnet, Curphy, 2002. Since a figure of leader takes an important role
in group work, t he study is trying to find out about students’ perception on the
development of their leadership skill based on their experience. Finally, this study also aims to offer some suggestions for the development of Play Performance
Course itself.
E. Research Benefits
This study hopefully will give benefits to the following: 1.
Lecturers Since this study gives the information about the
students’ perception on the effect of learning process in Play Performance Course on the development of
students’ leadership skill, the lecturers can use the information about the learning process outside the class and develop the learning process inside the class. The
theory of learning process can be a framework for classifying statements of what we expect or intend students to learn as result of instruction Anderson, Krathwohl,
Airasian, Cruikshank, Mayer, Pintrich, Raths, Wittrock, 2001. Leadership skill is one of important skills which should be improved. If the students have a positive
perception about the learning process on the development of their leadership skill, then the lecturers might consider leadership skill as one of Play Performance Course
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2. Students
The students might use the information of this research to develop their knowledge about the development of leadership skill. The researcher expects that
the information found in this research make the students know about several factors of leadership skill and some steps to improve leadership skill in Play Performance
Course. 3.
The Future Researchers The researcher hopes that this study will enlighten the future researchers
who are interested in conducting a study in the same field about Play Performance Course or Leadership Skill. This study can be a reference for the next researchers
to find a space and get the inspiration to conduct a study in this topic.
F. Definition of Terms
