IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING PRINCIPLES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE IN BASIC EDUCATION Eded Tarmedi
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
Social science subjects at the basic education level tend to be seen as subjects that emphasize the development of cognitive aspects that prioritize memorization. Therefore it is often seen as a boring subject, so that students are less motivated to study social science more deeply. Such social science learning is suspected to be because teachers ignore the five principles of social science learning, namely meaningful, challenging, integrative, value-based and active. These five learning principles are often ignored by social science teachers, especially at the level of Elementary School and Junior High School. Through a series of observations and interviews with social science teachers at several elementary schools in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, the state of IOWA in the United States, it was concluded that they began to apply these five learning principles early on so that social science learning was more powerful. The effectiveness of social science learning there is supported by the tradition of teachers to carry out Classroom Action Research which is a collaboration between Learning Lecturers from the College of Educatioan, The University of Iowa and social studies teaching teachers who are members of the Professional Development School. a kind of MGMP in Indonesia.
Keywords: Social Science, Learning Principles, Basic Education
