The Development of Biology Teaching Material Based on the Local Wisdom of Timorese to Improve Students Knowledge and Attitude of Environment In Caring the Persevation of Environment

Abstract

The purpose of this study were (1) to describe the biology learning such as  lesson plans, teaching materials, media and worksheets for the tenth grade of High Schoolon the topic of Biodiversity and Basic Classification, Ecosystems and Environment Issues based on local wisdom of Timorese; (2) to analyze the improvement of the environmental knowledge of students after being given instructional materials, media and worksheets for the tenth grade of High Schoolon the topic of Biodiversity and Basic Classification, Ecosystems and Environmental Problems of East-based local knowledge; (3) to analyze the changes of students attitude after being given the biology learning material such as lesson plans, teaching materials, media and worksheets for  the tenth grade of  High Schoolon the topic of Biodiversity and Basic Classification, Ecosystems and Environment Issues based on local wisdom of Timorese.

This study use Research and Development (R & D) methods which consists of three phases of research.  The first step is the analysis of necesity, the second step is  designing and validating the learning product, the third step  is the experiment to see the effectivness of the material in improving the environment knowledge  and attitude of students in peservation the  environment. 

The result shows that the  (1). The products such as  Lesson Plan (RPP), grade tenth  Biology textbook with Local Indigenous of Timorese for teachers and students, Student worksheet (LKS), learning media such as a micro director  for Biodiversity materials, power point for each Biodiversity, Ecology and Environmental Science materials, Biodiversity map media and Puzzles ecosystem after being validated and tested-piloted turns valid and practical  (2) The results of the experiment in tenth grade of Bio 2 SMAN 1 Kupang Barat shows that the which states that there is a difference in student achievement before and after the use of learning material are developed; (3) The experimental results for the attitude of the students in the tenth grade  of  SMAN 1 Kupang shows that the which states that there is a difference in students' attitudes before and after use learning developed material.