The Importance of E-Book Development Using The 4S-TMD Method to Improve Environmental Literacy Intan Fitriyanti Sahra (a*), Sjaeful Anwar (a)
a) Department of Chemistry Education, Indonesia University of Education, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*intansahra27[at]upi.edu
Abstract
This research is a preliminary study that aims to describe the importance of developing chemistry electronic books using Four Steps Teaching Material Development (4STMD) method to improve environmental literacy. The 4STMD method consists of four stages, namely selection, structuring, characterization and didactic reduction. This research will focus on the selection stage as the first step. Environmental literacy is the ability of each individual to understand and interpret environmental conditions, from the results of this understanding and interpretation each individual can decide on appropriate actions to maintain, restore and improve the condition of an environment. Environmental literacy components that must be achieved include environmental knowledge, attitudes towards the environment, cognitive skills and behavior towards the environment. This study uses a Development Research (DR) research method with the types of Design, Development, and Evaluation. In this article will discuss the importance of developing chemistry e-books in the selection stage. The results of the selection stage determine the basic competencies that are formulated as learning indicators and concept labels based on curriculum demands. The results of the selection stage are also related to the context of content related to daily life and the development of fundamental concepts sourced from international textbooks, as well as pedagogic contexts related to the achievement of environmental literacy. The results of the selection stage have been evaluated by expert lecturers in the field of chemistry education who have been declared valid.
