Environmental Care Character Profile of Elementary School Students in the Era of Independent Curriculum

Author(s): Rosniwaty Rosniwaty, Hendratno Hendratno, Nurul Istiq’faroh

Institution: Surabaya State University, Indonesia

Category: Articles, IJMMU, Character, Curriculum, Education, Environment

Topics: Profile, Character, Care, Environment

Abstract: An attitude to environmental care means paying attention to everything in the environment, both biotic and abiotic and being responsible for always maintaining its sustainability and balance by trying to avoid damage. In daily life, humans can act towards their environment in good or bad ways. To help people become more concerned about the environment, education should be provided by inserting materials about caring for the environment. Having a strong understanding of the environment is expected to encourage people to act better for the environment. This research is a type of quantitative descriptive research. Descriptive research aims to describe or describe existing phenomena, both natural and human-made phenomena. The subjects used in this study were elementary school students in 6th class. As many as 30 students took 10 samples and 3 teachers. The data collection instruments used were interviews, test questions and questionnaires. The data analysis technique used is a qualitative descriptive approach. The results showed that the attitude of environmental care in elementary schools is included in the low criteria with a percentage of achievement of 58, 82%. Suggestions that can be proposed in this study are to increase parental participation in the application of environmental care character.

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