Students, Teachers, and Parents: Urgency Implementation of Water Activity in Physical Education

摘要

Indonesia as a country has most of its territory covered with water. This places the country at a high risk of getting involved in water accidents. Drowning is one of the most dangerous water accident and it can easily lead to death. This research aims to provide relevant information about water safety and its importance when implemented in schools. This is a survey research. The Surveys were conducted online using a closed questionnaire on the https://docs.google.com/forms domain. The question was given to the students, "Is it important to learn water safety?" This study involved 3 subjects that are students, teachers PE, and parents. The samples used were 175 respondents which include 99 students, 45 teachers, and 31 parents. The survey results show 89% from 175 respondents chose yes, 2,1% from 175 respondents chose no, and 8,7% from 175 respondents chose possibly. The results of this study indicate that students, teachers, and parents agreed education on water activity needs to be implemented in the Schools. Water safety must be implemented in school as it serves as a means to prevent drowning. The results of this survey can be used as preliminary data to conduct further research.