Open AccessDeveloping A Learning Continuum on Ecological Aspect from Elementary to Senior High School Based on The Opinions of Biology Education Experts
Author(s) -
Mendala,
B. Subali,
Paidi Paidi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1397/1/012053
Subject(s) - mathematics education , nonprobability sampling , population , sample (material) , java , psychology , medical education , ecology , pedagogy , sociology , physics , computer science , biology , medicine , demography , thermodynamics , programming language
This research uses survey method aiming to investigate the opinions of biology education experts toward the teaching and the assessment of ecological aspects previewed from the level of competency and characteristic of specific pedagogical materials in order to develop the learning continuum of ecological aspects from elementary to senior high schools was conducted in 2018-2019. The population used in this research was hypothetical population which consisted of the all experts of biology education who taught in public and private universities in Indonesia. The sample used in this research was convenience sample consisted of 85 experts of biology education who taught at 18 public and private universities in Yogyakarta, Central Java, East Java, West Java, and Jakarta determined by using purposive technique. The instrument used was confirmatory assessment questionnaire learning continuum based on mastery of ecological aspects which has been arranged by Subali et al. (2016) and the validty was well examined through the focus group discussion activity by 3 lecturers of UNY and 5 lecturers of UNS. The result of this research showed that learning continuum of ecological aspects according to the biology education experts’ opinion, start be taught and assessed in the fourth and fifth grade of elementary school with the competency level C1 and C2. Then, it will be continued to the higher level in seventh grade of junior high school with the competency level C2 and tenth grade of senior high school with the competency level C3.