Analysis of Aspects of Science Literacy in Hematology Textbooks at Medan State University

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the textbook of Hematology because most of the lecturers use textbooks as a learning guide in the classroom. The analysis carried out leads to an analysis of textbooks on scientific literacy, namely to determine the scope of scientific literacy in textbooks. This study is a descriptive study that aims to explain the scope of scientific literacy contained in the textbooks used on the Medan State University campus. The population of this research is all materials of Hematology. The sample of this study is one of the materials that are difficult to understand, namely Hematopoiesis. Samples were taken by purposive sampling technique. The textbooks analyzed were 2 books. The data was taken using an observation sheet containing scientific literacy indicators, which were then translated into percentages for each book and indicator. The results of the research analysis show that the aspects of scientific literacy that appear the most in each book are science as a body of knowledge as much as 25%, science as a way to investigate as much as 27.5%, science as a way of thinking as much as 32.5% and interaction. science and technology with the community as much as 0%. The results of the study concluded that the two textbooks used emphasized the presentation of facts, concepts, principles, laws, theories and models and emphasized that students could remember information through questions.