Environmental Ethics in Indonesian Social Studies

Abstract

Environmental ethics has not become the mainstream in Indonesian social studies. This study intends to explore the extent to which social studies learning addresses environmental ethics in secondary schools. This is a qualitative project with a critical ethnographic design. The sources of data were from informants and learning activities. This research used in-deep interview and observation for collecting the data. The participants involved in this study were 23 students which from different socio-cultural background. The validity of the data was checked by using triangulation. Data analysis using ethnographic data analysis. The results showed that students whose living environment was close to sustainable nature had better knowledge of environmental ethics than students who lived in the city center. Environmental ethics in the minds of students are reflected in the behavior of maintaining, caring for, and campaigning for a sustainable environment. Students agree that environmental ethics is the basis for sustaining life on planet earth. In conclusion, environmental ethics strengthen the students' critical and reflective reasoning about the environmental conservation process.