Student’s Perceptions of Curriculum Implementation in Higher Education

Abstract

This research aims to determine the effect of curriculum implementation on learning effectiveness perceived by students. The research method used was a survey. The sample in this research was 100 master's and doctoral students at Jakarta State University. There are two instruments in this research to measure curriculum implementation (35 items, reliability 0.98) and effective learning (34 items, reliability 0.92). Data analysis in this research is descriptive statistical analysis, inferential statistics for linearity tests, and path analysis. The research results show that curriculum implementation has an influence on learning effectiveness. The research results show that the implementation of the Postgraduate curriculum has an impact on learning. Curriculum evaluation is important to develop effective learning based on curriculum development principles. The findings from this study also add information regarding the importance of involving students, lecturers and leaders so that the curriculum is more adaptive as a consideration in decision making. Keywords: Curriculum, effective learning, Higher Education