An Analysis of Teachers’ Social Construction on Students’ Social Attitude in Social Sciences Subject at Elementary School in Makassar

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe the social construction of teachers on social attitudes in the learning process of social sciences subject at elementary schools in Makassar. The method used was descriptive quantitative. The research subjects were chosen using purposive sampling technique. The subjects consisted of 96 students and 4 teachers of 5th grade from 4 elementary schools in Makassar. The data collected through interview, questionnaire, observation and documentation. There were different interpretations from four schools regarding teachers’ social construction on the importance of character values, especially on social attitude in the thematic learning for social sciences content on theme 8. Two schools, namely SD Pertiwi and MI Negeri 1 Makassar, considered that it was necessary to integrate social attitudes into the content of social sciences subject in order to make continuous positive impact on students’ social attitude. The questionnaire results for social attitude of SD Pertiwi shows suitability of theory with the average score of 48,28%. MI Negeri 1 Makassar shows the suitability with average score of 53,41%. Meanwhile two other schools, namely SD InpresKampus IKIP and SD MuhammadiyahPerumnas, considered that it is not necessary to integrate social attitude in the learning process, instead, the teachers concerned more on the assessment of students’ knowledge and skill. The results of questionnaire shows discrepancy of theory with the average score of 35,19% for SD InpresKampus IKIP and 35,73% for SD Muhammadiyah Perumnas. Keywords: Social Construction, Social Attitude, Thematic Learning of Social sciences Content.