Partisipative Leadership and Decision Making Style for Overcoming Children Addiction to Gadgets

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

Partisipative Leadership and Decision Making Style for Overcoming Children Addiction to Gadgets

Elvira Putri Erlindaˡ, Sowiyah², Riswanti Rini³
^1,2,3Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Lampung, Indonesia

Abstract:- Participative leadership aims to provide a balance between the involvement of superiors and subordinates in the process of giving information, making decision and solving problems. This paper aims to examine the implementation of participative leadership and decision-making styles to educate the use of gadgets in early childhood at one selected school in Lampung Province, Indonesia. This study used qualitative research method. Data verification and conclusion drawing. Results of the study show that the teacher as a facilitator and communicator should be able to facilitate conversations between teachers and parents, provide time at all times to discuss with parents, schedule monthly counseling. Thus, that parents can consult with teachers to improve children development, , actively ask questions to one another, exchange and share ideas, and makedecisions and agreement regarding overcoming problems faced by children. After the decision and agreement are made between the teacher and the parent, they can mutually commit together to carry out the decision and agreement that have been made. The style of decision making applied is democratic. Engagement between teachers and parents is very important for the progress of children’s development. The results of this study recommend policy makers to hold seminars to educate parents and teachers about the impact of the use of gadgets in early childhood, and make a policy about limiting the use of gadgets in early childhood.

Keywords: participative leadership, decission making and children addiction gadget.

I. INTRODUCTION

Technology in the 21st century is developing very rapidly. Various kinds of technological advancements with the aim of facilitating human movement are created. One form of technological advances that can facilitate long-distance communication with other people is cellphones or handpone. Recently people have been more familiar with the term smartphone or gadget (Hatch, 2011; Moore & Grisham, 2015).Most individuals ranging from children to parents own gadgets. This is because gadgets has become people’s consumption and needs to communicate and explore information that they want to know quickly(Gani, 2017).The broad development of technology and information now has an impact on people’s lifestyles in the digital era. The use of gadgets by the public, especially children, is no stranger (Sigdel, 2017).

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