Penerapan Model Role Playing untuk Meningkatkan Minat Belajar Pendidikan Agama Kristen dan Budi Pekerti pada Siswa Kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Tigalingga

Abstract

Students’ learning interest plays a crucial role in learning success, including in Christian Religious Education and Character Education. The main issue identified in the assisted community (Grade XI students at SMA Negeri 1 Tigalingga) was low learning interest caused by teacher-centred lecture methods, resulting in boredom, passivity, and limited student engagement. This community service program aimed to enhance students’ learning interest through the implementation of role playing as a participatory learning intervention. The program employed an action-based mentoring approach, consisting of problem identification, collaborative action planning, two sessions of role-playing implementation, and evaluation using a 30-item Likert-scale learning interest questionnaire. The results demonstrated an improvement in the mean learning interest score from 2.83 (pre) to 3.95 (post). Statistical testing confirmed a significant difference (-tcount = -7.858 < -ttable = -2.03693), indicating that role playing significantly increased students’ learning interest. Observed social changes included higher classroom engagement, a more dynamic learning atmosphere, and the emergence of collaborative-reflective learning habits. This program recommends role playing as a contextual and effective strategy for Christian Religious Education to support students’ behavioral transformation in learning.