Needs Assessment of Biology Learning Materials for Integration Curriculum in Chandra Kumala School
Silvia Sabatini (a), Binari Manurung (b), Mufti Sudibyo (c)
a) Biology Department
Postgraduate Program of Universitas Negeri Medan
Medan, Indonesia
zinniaelegans.silvia[at]gmail.com
b) Biology Department
Postgraduate Program of Universitas Negeri Medan
Medan, Indonesia
binarimanurung[at]unimed.ac.id
c) Biology Department
Postgraduate Program of Universitas Negeri Medan
Medan, Indonesia
muftisudibyo[at]unimed.ac.id
Abstract
The impact of globalization is multidimensional; the impact is also felt in the field of education, especially higher education that directly interacts with the international community. Specifically, globalization is driving the changing role of higher education institutions. Higher education institutions are challenged to change the curriculum in total. The integration curriculum is a blend of the current national curriculum in Indonesia (Kurikulum 2013) and foreign curriculum (some schools usually use CIE as awarding bodies from England). So far, the implementation of integration curriculum in national plus schools has been going well and has a positive impact for all parties, but it also has many shortcomings. The main problem is the unavailability of appropriate learning material for both of the curriculums. The research has the aim to investigate the learning needs of teachers and students by needs assessment. The research aspects were investigated and evaluated through a needs analysis conducted by doing interview, administering questionnaire and analyzing documents.
Keywords: integration curriculum, learning materials, biology, needs assessment
Topic: Curriculum, Research and Development