Environmental Utilization as a Social Studies Learning Resources : The Durability of UMKM Amid Pandemic Covid-19 in Garut Regency
Tetep*; Triani Widyanti; Nizar Alam Hamdani, Endang Dimyati

Pendidikan IPS Institut Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Terusan Pahlawan No 32 Sukagalih Tarogong Kidul Garut, 44151
*tetep[at]institutpendidikan.ac.id

Abstract

This research is a study on the utilization of social environment that can be used as a Social Studies Learning Resources. This study aims to see the extent to which the ability to survive the drivers of small and medium enterprises/home industry (UKM) in the pandemic Covid-19 that hit Indonesia and is a reflection on the growing social economic issues related to the weakening of the economy especially for UKM. This research uses a qualitatively descriptive method, which is done on various UKM in Garut area. Based on qualitative analysis results, which is done in 30 UKM in the area of Garut, that during the pandemic Covid 19 they still try to run his business, so that with the conditions faced, the majority of UKM have good enough durability to remain able to survive the shaking of the pandemic Covid-19, but also they realized that pandemic Covid 19 is indeed dangerous, so they still apply health procedures as This proves that the UKM in Garut district has a strong entrepreneurial spirit and able to present various innovations in the effort to maintain the continuity of UKM that they have. Socio-economic phenomena such as this are assessed as being able to serve as relevant and meaningful IPS learning resources.

Keywords: Social environment, Social Studies Resources, small medium Enterprises (UKM), pandemic Covid-19

Topic: Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship