Development of Ecological Citizenship-Based Character Education Model to Improve Environmental Naturalistic Intelligence of Elementary School Students

Abstract

The lack of naturalistic intelligence in students can have an impact on students' understanding of the environment and nature. Naturalistic intelligence can help students understand the importance of protecting the environment and being responsible for preserving the environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an Ecological Citizenship-Based Character Education Model to Improve Environmental Naturalistic Intelligence of Elementary School Students. A research and development (RnD) research design was used in this study. The development model used in this study refers to the development model according to ADDIE. This research was conducted in Jetis Sub-district, Yogyakarta City, Yogyakarta Special Region from February to March 2023. The population of this study were fourth grade students at the elementary school level with a research sample of 20 students. The study used a quasy experiment design with a pre and post test one group design approach. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the scores of improving the post-test showing a significance value of 0.001. This shows that the use of ecological citizenship-based character education model is effective to improve the ability of environmental naturalistic intelligence of fourth grade students of SDN Vidya Qasana.