Analysis of the Nature of Science in Elementary School Science Curriculum and Its Empowerment in Student Book

Devi Septiani Putri,Ari Widodo,Sabila Idzni Suryana,Lungguh Puri Pramswari

doi:10.29303/jppipa.v7i3.763

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Abstract

The nature of Science or NOS is the knowledge that explains how science works and how scientists conduct research. The nature of science has aspects in the form of form and nature, namely aspects of the product, scientific attitude, process, subjective, tentative, empirical, Theory and Law, Social and Culture, Creativity, Scientific Method. It is important to convey aspects of the nature of science into the science curriculum and student books because they are a reference in the learning process so that learning objectives can be achieved properly. Submission of aspects of the nature of good science is to convey it correctly and explicitly. Based on the analysis and comparison results, it shows that aspects of the nature of science in the elementary school curriculum and its embodiment in student books are not explained explicitly, both in the curriculum and in student books. The results of the percentage value of the essence of science in the student curriculum have a value of > 80%, namely product, subjective, creative aspects, and in the student's book, only product aspects have a percentage value of > 80%. Meanwhile, other aspects have a low percentage value of <80%.

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The nature of Science or Nature of Science (NOS) is the knowledge that explains how science works and how scientists conduct research (Listiani & Kusuma, 2017)
The form of the nature of science, consisting of (a) Products, phenomena, behavior, characteristics that are packaged into a theory, concept, law, and principle, (b) The process of acquiring knowledge which is none other than the scientific method (c) Scientific Attitude, instilling attitudes in scientists when carrying out the scientific method process and science learning process (Tursinawati, 2016)
The results of the analysis show that aspects of the nature of science have not been explicitly conveyed in the basic competencies, both in terms of form and aspects of nature

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The nature of Science or Nature of Science (NOS) is the knowledge that explains how science works and how scientists conduct research (Listiani & Kusuma, 2017). The form of the nature of science, consisting of (a) Products, phenomena, behavior, characteristics that are packaged into a theory, concept, law, and principle, (b) The process of acquiring knowledge which is none other than the scientific method (c) Scientific Attitude, instilling attitudes in scientists when carrying out the scientific method process and science learning process (Tursinawati, 2016). Creative planning, observations, and conclusions are created, (f) the Scientific Method, it is explained that there is no definite and universal scientific method, every scientist who will conduct research is given the freedom to determine the method he will use, as long as it can be justified answer, (g) Subjective, Science is unavoidable in science which can be influenced by factors, such as personal values, beliefs, self agenda, and previous experiences. Research will be influenced by how a scientist does his job (Adi & Widodo, 2018)

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