Science Literacy in Prospective Elementary School Teachers Through Science Technologu Literacy Learning

Abstract

The PISA report on science literacy skills in 2015 shows the position of Indonesian students in the 61st rank of 69 participating countries. Eventhough it has increased from its previous achievements in 2012, but Indonesian students are still lagging behind other students, especially in Southeast Asia. In catching up with this lag, the teacher has an important role to train students' literacy skills, therefore a prospective teacher must be able to literate science. This study aims to examine the application of STL (Science Technology Literacy) learning to science literacy skills of prospective elementary school teachers. The research method used was preexperiment with the design of the one group pretest-posttest design. Research subjects were 33 prospective elementary school teachers in Sukabumi City. The calculation results from pre test and test post scores obtained N gain value of 0.43, after the statistical test using the t test results, it is obtained that Ho is rejected (asymp. Sig p-value = 0.00 <0.05) means that there is a significant effect of the application of STL learning towards science literacy skills of prospective elementary school teachers. Student attitudes obtained in indicator 1) support science inquiry (80.18%, good category) 2) responsible for natural resources and environment (77.02%, good category), and 3) indicators of interest in science (62.88%, good enough category). The conclusion of this study shows that practicing scientific literacy is suggested to start from elementary school teachers with learning methods / models / strategies based on science, technology, and literacy.

The Effect of Cognitive Ability in Problem-Based Learning on Science Literacy Ability of Grade 4 Elementary School Students

“…Astri Widyasari Scientific literacy is the ability to use knowledge, identify questions, and draw conclusions based on evidence to understand the surrounding environment (Chusni et al, 2020). This understanding makes natural decisions and changes through human activities (Windyariani & Amalia, 2019). Literacy intends to identify its problems scientifically to find out the problem and determine attitudes and steps to be taken (Dragoş & Mih, 2015).…”

“…The average score of Indonesia is still relatively low, reflecting that most students in Indonesia have not been able to analyze and apply knowledge concepts to solve problems. Several factors cause low scientific literacy in Indonesia, namely gender, economy and society, and immigration (Windyariani & Amalia, 2019). Other factors that contribute to the standard scientific literacy of Indonesian students include an inappropriate selection of textbooks, wrong understanding, noncontextual learning, low reading skills, cognitive abilities, and an environment that is not conducive to learning (Fuadi et al, 2020).…”