Promoting black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) to recycle organic waste in senior high school

Abstract

The purpose of this study is as an initial step to introduce Hermetia illucens as one of the best ways to decompose organic waste in secondary schools as well as to see how students think about strategies in carrying out a waste recycling project. To accumulate and to analyse the data sincerely and comprehensively, researchers used a method of ADDIE method which has extensive steps: analysing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating. The participants which involve in this study is 44 senior high school students in one of secondary school in Bandung. The participants will receive learning in the implementation phase and work on metacognitive questions as part of the evaluation conducted. The data was taken to carry out certain students' strategies to solve the problem of waste decomposition. Based on data analysis, there is already the ability of students to carry out certain strategies in conducting waste decomposition in secondary schools. In addition, the effect size that gained by the student through this study is 1.33 which is categorised as very strong.