Increasing Knowledge and Skills of Disabilities through Training in Cultivation in Organic Vegetables and Ornamental Plants

Abstract

The main need for people with disabilities is the provision of skills and confidence in  realizing  their interests  and  talents.  Persons  with  disabilities  should  be  prepared  to  have skills to  support  their  independence  and  life. This  study  aimed to  determine  the  increase  of knowledge and skills through training in the cultivation of organic vegetables and ornamental plants  for  students  with  disabilities  in  Jember  Regency.  The  study  was  conducted  using  the One  Group  pre-posttest  design.  The  sample  in  this  study  was  determined  by  purposive sampling.  The  results  show  that  there  is  an  increase  in  knowledge  about  the  cultivation  of organic vegetables and ornamental plants. Based on the results of student training obtained an average score of pretest 45.4 and an average posttest of 76.2. The results of the score gain test show that the results of the training given to students increases by an average of 0.58 and this value is in the medium average category. The results also showed that there was an increase in skills  after  being  given  training.  Before  the  training  was  conducted,  students  in  the  unskilled category were 16.67%, 75% less skilled category, 8.3% skilled category, and 0% highly skilled category. After training, students in the unskilled category was 3.33%, the less skilled category was  36.67%,  the  skilled  category  was  50%  and  the  highly  skilled  category  was  10%.  The results  of  the  analysis  shows  that  there  are  differences  in  students skills  before  and  after training. The results show an increase the skills of students after training