Biosystematics Learning Design Using Biodiversity of Local Medicinal Plants for Prospective Biology Teachers
Agus Muji Santoso (a*), Poppy Rahmatika Primandiri (a), Siti Zubaidah (b)

a) Nusantara PGRI Kediri of University
Jalan KH. Achmad Dahlan 76, Kota Kediri, East Java Indonesia
*agusmujisantoso[at]unpkediri.ac.id
b) FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Malang
Jalan Semarang 5, Kota Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

A preliminary study revealed that prospective Biology teacher students had difficulties in understanding the concept of plant relationships. This is because the learning design still does not use the right context. This study aims to determine the role of the use of context in helping students understand the concept of plant relationships. The context used in this research is various types of local medicinal plants in Kediri. This research was conducted by using design research (validation studies) in the Biosystematics course class. There were three stages of the research: preliminary design, teaching experiment, and retrospective analysis. This study reveals that (1) the context of the types of medicinal plants used in learning should be more than three families- (2) using the plants that can be collected directly by students so that they can be observed and collected in the laboratory- (3) the stage of learning design activities were determining goals, collecting the various herbs, observing samples as OTU (Operating Taxonomy Units), tabulating data, constructing relationship trees with a phenetic approach, interpreting and communicating the results.

Keywords: validation studies, design research, medicinal plant, contextual learning

Topic: Biology Education