Yeyen Suryani
Universitas Kuningan, Kuningan, Indonesia

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INDIGENOUS WISDOM IN ECONOMICS TEACHER EDUCATION: BRIDGING GLOBAL COMPETENCIES AND LOCAL HERITAGE Rani Tania Pratiwi; Atin Nuryatin; Cucu Suhartini; Yeyen Suryani; Deden Agustira; Wensley M. Reyes; Jingga Radesa
Indonesian Journal of Learning and Instruction Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : FKIP & Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Kuningan

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Indigenous wisdom offers culturally grounded resources for teaching economic concepts, yet teacher education curricula rarely prepare prospective teachers to use it. Research on pre-service teachers' readiness to integrate indigenous knowledge has concentrated on science, language and primary education, leaving economics teacher preparation largely unexamined. This study examined how prospective economics teachers understand indigenous wisdom and how ready they are to integrate Sundanese practices, namely Seren Taun, gotong royong and silih asah–asih–asuh, into economics learning. A descriptive survey with a qualitative strand was conducted with 44 pre-service economics teachers at Universitas Kuningan, Indonesia. A 13-item questionnaire combining Likert-scale, multiple-choice and open-ended items was analyzed with descriptive statistics and thematic coding. Most participants (72.7%) reached high or very high understanding, and the mean score was 73.5%. Attitudinal items received the strongest support (85–92%), whereas items requiring pedagogical reasoning scored lowest (78–82%). Qualitative responses showed that participants valued indigenous wisdom as a cultural identity resource but were uncertain how to teach it. Prospective economics teachers are well disposed toward indigenous wisdom but need structured preparation, such as multiliteracy-based coursework and community partnerships, to turn this disposition into classroom practice.
A DEEP LEARNING-BASED SOCIAL STUDIES E-MODULE FOR ENHANCING CRITICAL THINKING IN INDONESIA'S MERDEKA CURRICULUM Meri Maryati; Yeyen Suryani; Agie Hanggara; Rani Tania Pratiwi
Indonesian Journal of Learning and Instruction Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026)
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Critical thinking is a core competency emphasized in Indonesia's Merdeka Curriculum, yet junior high school students' performance in social studies remains low. Gap: Digital social studies materials explicitly designed around the principles of deep learning, namely mindful, meaningful and joyful learning, are rarely developed and empirically tested. Purpose: This study developed a deep learning-based social studies e-module on international trade and examined its feasibility and effectiveness in improving eighth-grade students' critical thinking. Method: A research and development design following the ADDIE model was combined with a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design at SMPN 1 Ciawigebang, SMPN 5 Ciawigebang and MTs PUI Ciawigebang. Data were collected through expert validation sheets, questionnaires, interviews and a critical thinking test, and analyzed using normalized gain (N-Gain), t-tests and one-way ANOVA. Main findings: Content and media experts rated the e-module as highly feasible (94.17% and 95.33%), and students responded positively. Experimental classes obtained higher N-Gain scores (0.62–0.71) than control classes (0.06–0.08) in all three schools, and the difference between groups was statistically significant (p < .001). Conclusion: The deep learning-based social studies e-module is feasible and effective as an alternative teaching material for strengthening junior high school students' critical thinking within the Merdeka Curriculum.