Development of Maritime Insight Learning Tools for Ocean Literacy in Children Aged 5-6 Years Old

Nanang Sahriana,Tri Suminar,Yuli Kurniawati Sugiyo Pranoto

doi:10.15294/jpe.v9i5.43530

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Abstract

Indonesia as an archipelagic country should be introduced to early childhood. Therefore, it is necessary to develop maritime insight learning tools for children in coastal areas. The objectives of this research were to develop maritime insight learning tools for ocean literacy in children aged 5-6 years old and to analyze the effectiveness of the learning tools. The learning tools were in the form of semester program, weekly and daily lesson plan, teaching materials, and learning media and were developed by following the conditions and characteristics of the coastal areas. Research & Development with one group pretest-posttest design were conducted in six kindergartens with 80 students at Konawe Utara Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The research also involved education experts, practitioners, and teachers of that areas as research subjects. Data collection instruments used were observation sheets, questionnaires, tests, and documentation. The results showed that the maritime insight learning tools is valid for use. The result of trials with t-test showed there were an increase in the ocean literacy skills of students after using maritime insight learning tools with n-Gain scores of 0.69 with the category medium on a limited scale trial and 0.70 with the high category in wide scale trial. It concluded that development of the maritime insight learning tools was effective for improving ocean literacy in children aged 5-6 years old

Highlights

INTRODUCTIONAwareness and knowledge of the oceans would increase support for marine restoration efforts
Indonesia a maritime country, but the concept of needs to be given to children from an early age maritime affairs has not been well and implanted so that they know their national identity and in learning activities, especially early childhood that children have an attitude of pride and love education which is the most basic level of for the country
Learning Tools Validation Expert validators and practitioners assess that maritime insight learning tools in the form of semester program, weekly lesson plan, daily lesson plan, teaching materials, and learning media developed can be used with minor revisions

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Awareness and knowledge of the oceans would increase support for marine restoration efforts. Fletcher et al (2009), they stated that the low is a serious concern of President Joko level of public knowledge and awareness is due Widodo, who emphasizes the direction of to limited information about marine affairs The building his cabinet by re-initiating the triumph maritime sector is not very popular in the field of of the Indonesian nation as a maritime country education in various countries like Indonesia, so (Prabowo, 2014). The objectives of this research were to is an understanding of the influence of the develop maritime insight learning tools for oceans on us, and our influences on the oceans ocean literacy in children aged 5-6 years old and to live and act responsibly for the future. These three aspects were developed according to the research needs so that they become 10 item questions to measure ocean literacy in children (5-6 years old)

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