Profile of Physics Laboratory and Practicum Implementation at An Islamic Senior High School in Bandung District Sunardi (a*), Andi Suhandi (a), Muslim (b)
a) Program Studi Pendidikan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia.
*sunardi[at]upi.edu
b) Jurusan Pendidikan Fisika, Fakultas Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (FPMIPA), Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia.
Abstract
A research has been conducted to obtain the overviews of physics laboratory equipment, practicum implementation, and barriers faced by teachers in organizing a physics learning by implementing practicum method at an Islamic senior high school in Bandung District. This research was done descriptively and qualitatively, in which the data was collected through observation and interviews with physics teachers and students. Based on the data analysis, it was found that: 1) physics laboratory in the school is not nationally standardized in term of its size (area) and not purposively conditioned as a physics laboratory alone, but it acts as a science (including biology and chemistry) laboratory- 2) physics laboratory equipment consists of several measuring instruments, observation tools (telescope and microscopes), and laboratory kits (electricity and magnet, heat and thermodynamics, optics, and mechanics) are not well maintained, in poor condition, and incomplete as well as some of them are damaged- 3) physics learning that implements practicum method is rarely conducted due to the barriers faced by teachers, including the limitations of physics practicum equipment and the limitations of time dealing with the achievement of curriculum targets- 4) students finds difficulties to understand some physics concepts because they do not have enough opportunity to observe the physics phenomena in a laboratory.
