Enhancing Scientific Literacy by using Ethnomovtale Book
Izzah Muyassaroh, Siti Partini Suadiman
Yogyakarta State University
Abstract
Facing 21st century, scientific literacy is one of the important skills that must be possessed. Introducing scientific literacy in elementary school is increasingly interesting to be studied because of the great challenges. This is why teaching science in elementary school has to be designed on using innovative media, models, approaches, and learning materials. One of these innovations is ethnomovtale book. Ethnomovtale book is a learning materials developed through 10 stages of R&D model based on Borg & Gall (2003). This research showed that ethnomovtale book was very effective to use as a supportive learning materials to improve scientific literacy in elementary schools. Based on the student and teacher-s responses, ethnomovtale book was so interesting and helpful to students in learning science.
Keywords: Ethnomovtale Book, Scientific Literacy, Science Learning, Elementary School
Topic: Science Education