How is the Education for Environmental Sustainable Development Support Students' Environmental Caring Character?

Abstract

The Adiwiyata program has been implemented in several elementary schools in Indonesia, but its implementation has not been integrated into learning. As a result, students' contextual understanding of the environment is low. The aims of this research are: 1) to find out the implementation of the EESD approach in science learning; 2) find out the effectiveness of the EESD approach towards students' environmentally caring character. This research uses an experimental method with a one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was fifth grade MIN 2 Bantul students consisting of class A and class B. The sample was selected using cluster random sampling and 29 students were selected for class B. The instruments used in this research include observation sheets and questionnaires. The research results show that: 1) The EESD approach was implemented with a percentage of 95% in the very good category; 2) The EESD approach is effective in increasing the character of caring for the environment in the sufficient category.Program adiwiyata sudah diterapkan di beberapa Sekolah Dasar di Indonesia, tetapi pelaksanaannya belum diintegrasikan ke dalam pembelajaran. Akibatnya pemahaman kontekstual peserta didik terhadap lingkungan rendah. Tujuan dari penelitia ini adalah: 1) mengetahui implementasi pendekatan EESD dalam pembelajaran IPAS; 2) mengetahui keefektivan pendekatan EESD terhadap karakter peduli lingkungan peserta didik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode eksperimen dengan desain one group pretest-posttest. Populasi dari penelitian ini ialah peserta didik kelas V MIN 2 Bantul yang terdiri dari kelas A dan kelas B. Sample dipilih secara cluster random sampling dan terpilih kelas B sejumlah 29 Peserta didik. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi lembar observasi dan angket. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) Pendekatan EESD terlaksana dengan persentase 95% kategori  sangat baik; 2) Pendekatan EESD efektif meningkatkan karakter peduli lingkungan dengan kategori cukup.