The nature of science has not been taught as a teaching material at school in Indonesia. This study aims to reveal the understanding of teachers and primary students about the nature of science. This study was a survey research with descriptive approach. Data were collected through closed questionnaires for teachers and students. Teachers and primary students as research subjects were located in Kuningan District. Purposive sampling was used as a sample. The results showed that both teachers and students have an understanding of the nature of science in the range of Intermediate categories. Because of the importance of understanding about the nature of science in science subjects, it is expected that further research to develop materials and learning models based on the nature of science in primary school.

AbstrakTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi tingkat pemahaman siswa dan guru SD tentang hakikat sains (NOS). Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan metode survei. Purposive sampling digunakan sebagai teknik pengambilan sampel. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa dan guru SD dari Kabupaten Kuningan dan Kabupaten Purwakarta di Jawa Barat, serta dari Kabupaten Kendal dan Kota Surakarta di Jawa Tengah. Kuesioner yang berisi 30 item pernyataan yang dikembangkan oleh peneliti dalam konsultasi dengan dosen, guru, dan kepala sekolah yang didasarkan pada literatur yang relevan digunakan sebagai instrumen dalam penelitian ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa memahami tingkat NOS pada kriteria Cukup dengan skor 65 sedangkan guru pada kriteria Baik dengan skor 72. Temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa rentang skor pemahaman NOS guru tidak selalu memiliki efek positif pada pemahaman NOS siswa. Akhirnya, penelitian ini merekomendasikan bahwa guru harus memahami NOS dan pembelajaran reflektif eksplisit, dan bagaimana mengajarkan NOS dengan pembelajaran reflektif eksplisit. Understanding of the nature of science (NOS) by elementary school students and teachers AbstractThe purpose of this study was to identify the understanding level of elementary students and teachers of the nature of science (NOS). This type of research was a descriptive study with a survey method. Purposive sampling was used as a sampling technique. Sample in this study were students and teachers from Kuningan Regency and Purwakarta Regency in West Java, and from Kendal Regency and Surakarta City in Central Java. A questionnaire containing 30 items of statements developed by researchers in consultation with lecturers, teachers, and principals which based on the relevant literature was used as an instrument in this research. The results showed that the students understanding levels of NOS at the Immediate criteria with a score of 65 while the teacher on the Good criteria with a score of 72. Findings from this study indicate that the range of teachers NOS understanding scores did not always have a positive effect on students NOS understanding. Finally, this study recommends that teachers have to understand with NOS and explicit-reflective learning, and how to teach NOS with explicit-reflective learning.

The aim of this study is to describe character education content of the third grade elementary school curriculum 2013 textbook semester 1. The design of this study was content analysis by qualitative approach. Subject of this study is textbook of curriculum 2013 semester 1 for the third grade of elementary school students. Object of this study is character education content. The data collected by reading and recording of unit analysis. The unit analysis were materials and evaluation that integrated the values of character education in the textbooks. The instrument used in this research was the analysis sheet based on the theories. The validity of the instrument and the data used was semantic validity and expert judgment. The reliability of the data used the stability and reproducibility. The techniques of analyzing data consisted of unitizing, sampling, recording, reducing, inferring, and narrating. The results of this study show that most of the character education value was spread into every theme, although some indicators were not found. Distribution of each character value, by disregarding any indicators, evenly on all themes. However, these findings prove that a particular character value investment is not focused as in the relevant theory. Keywords: analysis, character education content

The misconception is a common problem in the world of science learning. This study aims to reveal the types and causes of primary science misconception in the life processes and living things. Therefore, qualitative case studies were used in this study and the primary school students were subject to this study. The results showed that students who had misconceptions in the concept of living, classification, breathing, and microbe and disease. In addition, the causes of student misconceptions were the students' pre-concepts, humanist thinking, false reasoning, and associative thinking. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that learning must promote cognitive conflict to correct the student’s misconceptions.Keywords: misconception, primary science

Semakin baik pendidikan tinggi yang diperoleh mahasiswa diharapkan menjadikan calon guru sarat dengan kompetensi keguruan yang dimiliki. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mendeskripsikan kesiapan mahasiswa untuk menjadi guru SD ditinjau dari aspek cognitive readiness, emotive-attitudinal readiness, dan behavioral readiness. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa PGSD FKIP Universitas Kuningan Tahun Ajar 2016/2017. Objek penelitian ini adalah kesiapan untuk menjadi guru SD ditinjau dari aspek cognitive readiness, emotive-attitudinal readiness, dan behavioral readiness. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi adalah seluruh mahasiswa PGSD FKIP Universitas Kuningan. Sampel diambil dengan teknik purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data kesiapan menjadi guru SD diukur dengan angket tertutup dan terbuka. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan teknik persentase dengan tahap editing, skoring, dan tabulasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan mahasiswa PGSD FKIP Universitas Kuningan Siap untuk mengemban profesi Guru SD. Aspek behavioral readiness masih harus mendapat perhatian agar memperoleh hasil yang maksimal. Secara keseluruhan aspek, kesiapan tersebut juga masih belum dalam kategori maksimal (Sangat Siap) untuk setiap indikator dalam penelitian ini. Selain itu, beberapa permasalahan urgen yang segera membutuhkan penanganan seperti motivasi mahasiswa dalam memilih profesi guru dan bekerja sepenuh gaji.   Kata-kata Kunci: kesiapan, kompetensi guru, calon guru