Building the Values of Social Concern and Empathy in Students of Mattayom (Secondary School) Prateeptham Foundation School, Krabi, Thailand

Abstract

Social awareness is an attitude or action that always wants to help, share, assist, and give to others. One of the factors that forms social awareness is empathy, the ability to put oneself in someone else's shoes, to understand the views and feelings of people or to experience what the person is experiencing. This attitude is in line with the goals of Prateeptham Islamic Foundation School, that is to enable students to have morality, ethics, and desirable characteristics including love for the nation, religion, and king, love of being Thai, honesty, disciplined, eagerness to learn, live simply, and have public spirit, be determined to work, be aware of and see their own value, have a sense of responsibility, and participate in conserving natural resources and developing the environment. Community Service of the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta at Prateeptham Islamic Foundation School, Krabi, Thailand aims to build values of social awareness and empathy in students in order to foster enthusiasm and social awareness in the school environment. The method used in building values of social awareness and empathy in students at this school is implemented using the Project based Learning approach. The result of this community service activity is the growth of enthusiasm and social awareness in the school environment. In addition, it is also beginning to show that students are more concerned about social problems in the environment where they live.