Effect of Local Culture Based Learning in Science on Critical Thinking and Student Communication Skills

Hikmawati Hikmawati,Gunawan Gunawan,Kosim Kosim,Haerunisyah Sahidu

doi:10.29303/jossed.v2i1.713

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https://doi.org/10.29303/jossed.v2i1.713

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Abstract

Learning in every education unit in Indonesia is expected to develop good local cultural values so that it can make changes for the better in the future. In order to face future global competition, students at universities must have critical thinking and communication skills. This study aims to examine the effects of local culture-based learning in the field of Science on students' critical thinking and communication skills. The method used in this research is quantitative method with a posttest-only control group design. The subjects in this study were 58 students who attended the Study and Learning lectures at one of the universities in Mataram. Learning theories discussed through local culture-based learning for 8 meetings are behavioristic, cognitive, constructivist, and humanistic learning theories. The instruments used in this study were a test of critical thinking skills and an assessment sheet for student communication skills. Data analysis to test the research hypothesis using SPSS 25. The research showed that there were differences in critical thinking and communication skills between groups of students whose learning was based on local culture in the field of Science and groups of students whose learning was using conventional models. The level of critical thinking skills and communication skills in the group of students whose learning is based on local culture in the field of Science is higher when compared to the group of students whose learning uses conventional models

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IntroductionTreatment in the form of culturebased learning has had a significant influence on students' attitudes towards multicultural relationships, and students talk more and interact with other students who have different cultural backgrounds
Racial tensions that occur in an area can lead to strife and violence
The values in the dependent variable of students' critical thinking skills in groups with local culture-based learning in the field of science and groups with conventional learning models respectively, namely 0.132 and 0.085 are greater than the values alpha 0.05, it can be said that the data is normally distributed

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Treatment in the form of culturebased learning has had a significant influence on students' attitudes towards multicultural relationships, and students talk more and interact with other students who have different cultural backgrounds. The culture possessed by students affects messages about behavior, relationships, social units, or similar topics such as symbolic communication (Leonard et al, 2011). Cultural locality as a product of local culture will characterize an area that is different from cultures in other regions, including in Indonesia, which has differences in race, religion, ethnicity, language, and customs. This uniqueness and diversity make its own color for the culture of the archipelago (Faizin, 2018)

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