Enhancement of Science Students’ Process Skills through Implementation of Green Learning Method (GeLem) with Conservation-Based Inquiry Approach

E N Savitri,P D Putra,M W Ardhi,I U Wusqo

doi:10.15294/jpii.v6i2.11286

Abstract

The inquiry of science teaching aims to encourage the ability to think, work and be scientific and communicate as an important aspect of life skills. Inquiry learning with Green Learning Method (GeLeM) focuses on the ability to think, work and be scientific. The data collection was conducted in the Department of Integrated Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA), Universitas Negeri Semarang on the course of General Biology, even semester of the academic year 2016/2017. The results show that application of method “GeLeM” can increase the average of cognitive value, learning response and the ability of students’ Science Process Skill (SPS) in science learning especially biology in the material of the diversity of living creatures. Common biology lectures that use the method of Green Learning Method (GeLeM) can be collaborated with instilling conservation horizon on the students. The conclusion of this study is that Green Learning Method (GeLeM) can improve student cognitive result and science process skill in science learning. In addition, students are also able to find the concept that comes from the environment (nature), students can also love and care for the environment as a vehicle for learning.

Highlights

Science Learning (Science) has an important position in the development of the character of society and nation due to the progress of science which is growing very rapidly, the position of science that can be transferred in other fields, as well as science which contained the content of values and attitudes on which the formation of human character (Widowati, 2017)
Data collection was conducted at Integrated Science Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) Universitas Negeri Semarang in the subject General Biology course, even semester of the academic year 2016/2017
The concept of operational elaboration of Green Learning Method (GeLeM) in the concept of learning in universities is to give students opportunities to develop personal relationships with nature as an aspect that a teacher candidate should have. This concept emphasized relationships with other people or species and activities of human beings on the planet, helped students move from a “direct-to-face” to futuristic-oriented, helped improve them in using mass media and (ICT) experience, included traditional knowledge and local wisdom, integrated multiple related disciplines, fostered consciousness in learning nature, as well as utilized natural resources as a source of learning

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Introduction

Science Learning (Science) has an important position in the development of the character of society and nation due to the progress of science which is growing very rapidly, the position of science that can be transferred in other fields, as well as science which contained the content of values and attitudes on which the formation of human character (Widowati, 2017). The process of learning science should include three aspects that must be obtained by students, namely the skills of cognitive thinking (minds on), psychomotor skills (hands on), and social skills (hearts on). Science learning provides an opportunity to describe objects and events, ask questions, gain knowledge, and construct explanations of natural phenomena, test explanations of natural phenomena, test explanations in various ways and communicate them to others (Wahyuni, et al, 2017). Knowledge of science is obtained through a process using scientific methods and provides opportunities for learning experiences, for example through reading, discussion, experimenting, making a summary and observing natural phenomena (Ngabekti, et al, 2017). It provides an opportunity to gain learning experience through reading, discussion, experimenting, making a summary, and observing natural phenomena (Sayekti et al, 2012)

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