Developing Awareness of Environmental Assets to Improve Academic Performance Using Participatory Mapping
Membangun Kesadaran akan Aset Lingkungan untuk Meningkatkan Prestasi Akademik Menggunakan Pemetaan-berbasis Partisipasi
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https://doi.org/10.31849/dinamisia.v9i3.23551Keywords:
participatory asset mapping, students’ engagement, academic performanceAbstract
This article was developed based on a planning program that involved undergraduate students using Participatory Asset Mapping technique at a private university in Yogyakarta. Engaging 12 students across educational programs at Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, the program aims to identify environmental assets that, according to the participants, contribute to academic performance and recommend strategies for decision-makers at the university to improve the campus environmental quality. Integrating the PAM technique, Focus Group Discussion, and structured interviews at the data collecting phase and employing Excel for data calculation and NVivo for coding at the analysis phase, the program found nine critical assets in improving academic performance along with their meaning that are defined by the functions of the assets. The recommended strategies revolved around improving the assets’ facilities, accessibility, and service quality. The findings highlight the importance of engaging students in the university’s attempts to enhance the quality of its educational services.
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Lightfoot, E., McCleary, J. S., & Lum, T. (2014). Asset Mapping as a Research Tool for Community-Based Participatory Research in Social Work. Social Work Research, 38(1), 59–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svu001
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Ruiz, L. D., McMahon, S. D., & Jason, L. A. (2018). The Role of Neighborhood Context and School Climate in School-Level Academic Achievement. American Journal of Community Psychology, 61(3–4), 296–309. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12234
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Simon, M. A., & Tovar, E. (2004). Confirmatory factor analysis of the career factors inventory on a community college sample. In Journal of Career Assessment (Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 255–269). SAGE Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072703261538
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Urban, J. B., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Lerner, R. M. (2009). The role of neighborhood ecological assets and activity involvement in youth developmental outcomes: Differential impacts of asset poor and asset rich neighborhoods. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30(5), 601–614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2009.07.003
van Rooij, E. C. M., Jansen, E. P. W. A., & van de Grift, W. J. C. M. (2018). First-year university students’ academic success: the importance of academic adjustment. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 33(4), 749–767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-017-0347-8
Welch, A., & Aziz, E. A. (2021). Higher Education in Indonesia. In L. P. Symaco & M. Hayden (Eds.), International Handbook on Education in South East Asia (pp. 1–30). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8136-3_41-1
Yue, H., & Fu, X. (2017). Rethinking Graduation and Time to Degree: A Fresh Perspective. Research in Higher Education, 58(2), 184–213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-016-9420-4
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