The application of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)-based Learning in Elementary School Surakarta District

Abstract

Innovative learning is one of the answers to deal with challenges in the current era. STEAM-based learning is needed by students in Indonesia as an effort to train their skills and talents in facing problems in the 21st century. This study aims to describe the integrated thematic learning planning, implementation, and assessment in SD Negeri Tegalrejo 1 Yogyakarta. It was a descriptive qualitative research. Subjects of this study were the classroom teacher, students of VB class, and headmaster. Technique of data collection were observation, interview, and documentation. Data were analyzed by using some steps, in terms of data reduction, data display and drawing coclusion. Technique of testing data vailidity deployed triangulation of data collection technique and data sources. The result indicates that the integrated thematic planning conducted by teacher has contained the minimum criteria of lesson plan. The implementation of STEAM-based integrated thematic learning has presented the characteristics of integrated thematic learning, in terms of using subject guide of Basic Competence (BC), in which each BC has its own material.