The analysis of pedagogic competency of the students of primary teacher education at Musamus University in designing environmental-based instructional media

Abstract

Teachers are at the spearhead of the education system. One of the compulsory skills for the teachers to master is the ability to create instructional media. The instructional media might be obtained from the environment or the usage of ICT. The objective of this research was to determine the abilities of prospective elementary school teachers in designing and composing environment-based instructional media for natural science subjects. The present research was conducted at Musamus University Merauke with a sample of 34 students. It was included as descriptive research, while the data were collected using observation and documentation techniques. The results show that 61.8% of the students have been able to design and prepare environment-based instructional media for natural science subjects. One of the factors that encourage the students to design and prepare the media is the situation and condition of their area of origin. As for the students who have not been able to design and prepare environment-based instructional media, it results from their lack of understanding on the learning materials. This, therefore, only makes them think practically: using the ICT-based media without any consideration that they are going to be prospective educational devotees in the remote areas. However, they are still equipped with ICT-based learning according to current technological developments.