The Development of Teaching Material of Physics Introductory for Biology with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Approach

Abstract

In higher education, many concepts in physics are applied in various disciplines that explain the development of the theory they learn; one of them is Physics Introductory. Natural Science Students, such as Biology and Chemistry, unwittingly use many essential concepts of Physics. However, the learning process in this course generally only explains concepts in Physics without relating them to the needs of interdisciplinary knowledge. As a result, interdisciplinary students feel that Physics is meaningless and not applicable. This raises the perception that causes them not interested to learn Physics. In fact, the concepts contained in this course are very important for the development of their knowledge. This research will try to rearrange the materials in the Physics introductory course linked to the Biology concepts. The development of teaching materials uses the Research and Development (R & D) method. This paper will discuss theories and publications that support the importance of interdisciplinary integrated learning. Furthermore, the development of teaching material and its effectiveness will be discussed in our future publication.