Integration dilemmas stories in STEAM project of colloid

Abstract

The study aimed is to develop students' chemical literacy through dilemmas stories and STEAM project in chemistry learning in colloid topic. The dilemmas stories of environmental pollution were explored to engage students in contextual problems. The STEAM project of smoke absorbance was used as the problem solutions in dilemmas stories. The learning approach consists of several steps such as value reflection, problem solving, project development, project monitoring and evaluation, and transformation. The research employed qualitative approach with data collection of students' interviews, reflective journals, observations, and chemical literacy tests. Chemical literacy consists of several dimension such as scientific ideas, chemical characteristics, chemistry in context, high-level learning skills, and affective aspects. The results showed that the average chemical literacy ability of students were 85,29% in the good category. The teacher faced the challenges in developing dilemmas stories to be relevant to chemistry concepts and curricula. Students need to shift their paradigms within active learning approach. The results of this study can be concluded that the integration of dilemmas stories in the STEAM project provides opportunity to develop students' chemical literacy.