Pandangan guru dan murid terhadap pengaplikasian Story Map GIS dalam mata pelajaran Sejarah STPM

Abstract

History is normally considered as an unpopular subject among students. This is because the teaching method used by the teacher does not attract the students to learn the subject. The common chalk and talk method is still being practiced in most schools and students tend to memorize history facts solely for the purpose of regurgitating during examination. This study aims to explore teachers and student's perceptions on the application of Story Map GIS in History. It is a qualitative study involving three teachers and 30 sixth graders as participants in three schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with the three teachers and followed by student's focus group interviews that was divided into six groups. In addition, the researcher conducted observation and a document analysis on student's work on Story Map GIS. The data collection is done in three phases: workshop phase, presentation phase and while the interview was conducted. The researcher conducted a thematic analysis to answer the research question using the ATLAS.ti application. The results show majority of the teachers and students have positive perceptions on applying Story Map GIS in STPM History subject. Furthermore, the application of Story Map GIS is appropriate to be applied in secondary school and captures student's interest in the subject of History. In conclusion, introduction of Story Map GIS application in history subject can attract student's attention to learn history and concurrently introduce them to the concept of space.