The Market Day in a Global Education Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to obtain a factual description of the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of co-curricular market day activities in a global perspective that can improve students' literacy skills towards understanding the global world through the perspective of food from various countries. This study uses a case study method with a qualitative approach. The subjects in this study were school residents consisting of the principal, teachers, guardians of students, and students, as well as supporting documents from the implementation of the co-curricular market day activities. The results of the study indicate that the school does have a routine program that is held once every semester by grades 5 and 6 while grades 1 to 4 are buyers in 
the activity. Grades 5 and 6 were chosen as subjects to implement it with the consideration that from a cognitive perspective they are more capable so that knowledge transfer will occur in the activity. The implementation activities start from determining the theme of the activity, preparing dishes in groups, conducting promotions, conducting market day activities, and ending with evaluation. This market day co-curricular activity plays an important role in broadening students' horizons in responding to global developments so that they will become globally educated students who are sensitive to international developments, starting from the food aspect of those countries.