Instructional Design on The Environmental Pollution Theme in the Higher Education

Abstract

Environmental pollution is a crucial topic for higher education to improve students’ environmental awareness. To ensure learning quality, the appropriate instructional design is the essential component. This study aimed to develop instructional design on the environmental pollution theme for undergraduate students. Instructional learning based on Dick and Carey model was applied in order to enhance students’ understanding on environmental pollution. The sample used in the research is students in physics education department who enrolled the Earth Science class. Research and Development with 4D model was applied to develop instructional learning. The implementation uses the design of one group of pretest-posttest. Development of learning material consists of lesson plans, subject matter, student worksheets and achievement tests that are validated by the validators. The validation results of the Dick & Carey instructional learning model are categorized as valid and appropriate to use. The results of the study revealed: 1) the implementation of learning through Dick & Carey instructional learning has a very good category. 2) Student activities expressed active level. 3) The result of students’ conceptual understanding showed high complete percentage. The research showed Dick and Carey instructional learning is valid, practical and effectively applied in improving concept understanding on the environmental pollution theme.