Composter: Creative Solutions to Fostering Life Skills of Students with Intellectual Disabilities Towards Golden Indonesia 2045

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10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_22How to use a DOI?

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In-vessel composting; intellectual disabilities; life skills education; sustainable development; inclusive pedagogy; waste management

Abstract

The convergence of Indonesia’s escalating waste crisis and the urgent need for practical life skills education among students with intellectual disabilities presents a unique opportunity for innovative educational intervention. This study examines the implementation of in-vessel composting technology as a dual-purpose solution addressing both environmental sustainability and special education objectives within Indonesia’s trajectory toward its Golden 2045 vision. Through a correlational investigation involving thirty students with intellectual disabilities and Down Syndrome at SLB C Autis Tuban, we employed Pearson correlation analysis alongside Bayesian statistical modeling to assess the translation of composting knowledge into practical skills. Our findings reveal nuanced learning patterns that challenge conventional educational assumptions: while tool recognition demonstrates strong positive correlation with practical cutting skills (r = 0.401–0.408), waste identification knowledge shows paradoxical negative correlation with collection abilities (r = -0.583 for ID, -0.408 for DS students). Bayesian analysis indicates that prior knowledge serves as a perfect predictor of skill acquisition among Down Syndrome students (posterior probability = 1.0), yet demonstrates concerning inconsistency among intellectual disability students (posterior probability = 0.727). These empirical results underscore the necessity for differentiated instructional approaches that recognize individual cognitive processing variations while contributing meaningfully to national waste reduction targets.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Asri Wijiastuti
AU  - Dwi Oktavianto Wahyu Nugroho
AU  - Pamuji Pamuji
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/24
TI  - Composter: Creative Solutions to Fostering Life Skills of Students with Intellectual Disabilities Towards Golden Indonesia 2045
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Science and Teacher Education (ICESTE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 274
EP  - 289
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-489-1_22
ID  - Wijiastuti2025
ER  -