Building Ecoliteracy Through Adiwiyata Program (Study at Adiwiyata School in Banda Aceh)

Abstract

This study is back grounded by importance of ecoliteracy for each individual in the effort to embody sustainable community. One of comprehensive efforts to build ecoliteracy in community since early is through Adiwiyata Program. Based on this, this study is aimed to find out how the effectiveness of Adiwiyata Program in the effort to build students' ecoliteracy in Banda Aceh. The method which is used is survey. The study is conducted in ten schools, with respondents are principal/vice principal, teachers, administrative staff and students. Data analysis is done descriptively toward independent variable and dependent variable and hypothesis test use non parametric statistic test. The result of study showed that there is positive and significant influence of school policy, curriculum implementation, school culture and school infrastructure management toward students' ecoliteracy. The findings of study is the more effective four components of Adiwiyata is implemented, the higher of students'ecoliteracy. Therefore, four components of Adiwiyata should be implemented maximally in each school, among other by strengthening Adiwiyata school team.