TOPICS OF ECOLOGY COURSE IN PREPARING STEM-BASED MODULE Tutut Indah Sulistiyowati1), Farida Nurlaila Zunaidah1), Susriyati Mahanal2)
1Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
2Universitas Negeri Malang
Abstract
Ecology is a compulsory course for students of Bachelors^ Degree in Biology Department. The course lecture includes theories and practices. During the delivery of theories, content conveyed to the students must be in accordance with the course characteristics. Based on interview results, students consider some of the contents are difficult. The research aims to select topics in ecology course as a basis in developing STEM (Science, Technique, Engineering, Mathematics)-based module. The expectation is that students could gain better understanding after the implementation of the STEM- based module approach. The research is a qualitative research with survey method. Data collection technique uses survey questionnaire on Google Form platform. Data analysis technique carries out by elaborating the questionnaire survey results regarding content requirement of ecology course. The research finds that several contents delivered in the ecology course that are deemed as difficult. The contents include biogeochemical cycles as well as energy and productivity.
