Analysis of physics textbook reviewed from the aspects of scientific literacy in the Bandung city

Abstract

The skills that students must possess in 21st century learning are to prepare scientific literacy. This study aims to determine the ability of scientific literacy in the XI grade physics textbook used in Bandung senior high school. This research is a descriptive study that aims to obtain information about developing scientific literacy skills in the three textbooks used. The results showed that the three books did not fully contain the categories of scientific literacy with the average appearance of the categories for the three books of 44% for the knowledge of science, 31% for science as the investigative nature of science, 18% for science as a way of thinking, and 7% for the interaction between science, technology and society. It was concluded that the textbooks used were not optimal in facilitating all aspects of students’ scientific literacy in a balanced manner. Therefore, the results of this study can be used as a basis for designing and developing physics textbooks needed to improve students’ scientific literacy skills.