Analysis of Sustainability Consciousness of Junior High School students in Science Education
Yeni Setyowati,Ida Kaniawati, Rahmania Firda, Nanda Syah Putra and Windy Kasmita

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

Sustainability consciousness is an outcome of Education for Sustainable Development which was launched by UNESCO since 2014 to create a society with sustainable living behavior. This study conducted on 148 junior high school students in Central Java, Indonesia. Their sustainability consciousness measured with Sustainability Consciousness Questionairre adapted from the questionairre developed by a group of Swedish researcher. The questionairre measures the aspects of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in economy, environment and society dimensions. This study used descriptive research method. The result shows the average percentage of their sustainability consciousness score is 77.5%. Meanwhile, the average calculation based on the aspects of knowledge, attitudes and behavior shows the respective scores of 79.3%, 76.1%, and 76.7%. Then, the average score based on the environmental, economic and social dimensions is 72.7%, 79.1% and 80.5%. From these data, it can be seen that the environmental dimension gets the lowest score compared to economic and social scores. Therefore we need a learning strategy in science education that is appropriate to increase the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of students in the environmental dimension to create a sustainable society.

Keywords: science education, sustainability consciousness, esd

Topic: ESD in Science Education