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Ethnoscience-Based Project Learning Rooted in Sundanese Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Effects on Environmental Awareness, Environmental Responsibility, Scientific Literacy, and Sustainability Awareness among Junior High School Students Muhammad Rizky Aulia; Dhika Surya; Jumadil Saputra
International Journal of Ethno-Sciences and Education Research Vol. 6 No. 3 (2026): International Journal of Ethno-Sciences and Education Research (IJEER)
Publisher : Research Collaboration Community (Rescollacom)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46336/ijeer.v6i3.1355

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Science instruction in many Indonesian junior high schools remains largely decontextualized from students' own cultural surroundings, a condition that has been associated with persistently low environmental literacy and a weak sense of ecological responsibility among adolescents. Ethnoscience-based learning offers a way to reconnect formal science with indigenous ecological knowledge, yet most existing studies have used it mainly to raise scientific literacy or as descriptive documentation of local wisdom, rather than as a live, field-based project learning experience whose effect is tested simultaneously across environmental and scientific outcomes. This study proposes and evaluates an Ethnoscience-Based Project Learning (EBPL) design that embeds the indigenous ecological knowledge of the Sundanese customary community of Kampung Kuta, Ciamis Regency, West Java — including its sacred-forest conservation system (Leuweung Gede), communal water-source governance, palm-sugar agroforestry, and home-garden medicinal-plant practices — into a science unit on environmental pollution and ecosystem sustainability. A quasi-experimental nonequivalent control-group design was used, involving eighth-grade students assigned to an experimental group (EBPL) and a control group (conventional project-based learning without explicit ethnoscience content). Four constructs were measured before and after the six-week intervention: environmental awareness, environmental responsibility, scientific literacy, and sustainability awareness. [Results to be completed after the study is conducted]. The study is expected to show that grounding project-based learning in a specific, living indigenous knowledge system produces larger gains than generic project-based learning, and it argues that ethnoscience-based project learning can simultaneously serve science-literacy goals and the preservation of endangered local ecological wisdom. Implications for science curriculum design under Indonesia's Merdeka Curriculum, particularly the Projek Penguatan Profil Pelajar Pancasila (P5), are discussed.
Co-Authors Affandi Affandi Agung Prabowo Agus Supriatna Alfan Azkiya Robbani ALISMAN ALISMAN Amlys Syahputra Silalahi Andri Saputra Ari Purno Wahyu Wibowo Azlina Abu Bakar Beny O. Y. Marpaung Betty Subartini Bob Foster Budi Pratikno Dewi Mahrani Rangkuty Dhika Surya Diana Ekanurnia Dwi Susanti Edo Billy Andri Turnip Elis Hertini Elwisam Endang Rusyaman Erisna Dewi Ariyani Erlina Erlina H. Mulyadi Hairul Helmi Noviar Heri Purwandi Herry Krisnandi Husaini Husaini Igus Rahmat Ginanjar Ika Rahmadani Indrayani Irmalis, Amsal Ishak Hasan Khairah Amalia Fachrudin Kristina Harahap Kumba Digdowiseiso, Kumba Laili suhairid Laksono Trisnantoro Lili Adi Wibowo Lola Irmayunda M.S Disman Mahrizal Mahrizal Maimun Maimun Mazidah Mohd Dagang Md Aris Safree Md Yasin Melati Mohd Heikal Mohd Najib Ramli Muammar Khaddafi Muhammad Ade Kurnia Harahap Muhammad Haykal Muhammad Hazlan Syach Muhammad Rizky Aulia Munandar Nurwijayanti PUJI LESTARI R Zirwatul Aida R Ibrahim R. Hamdani Harahap Rahaya Md Jamin Rahaya Md. Jamin Ratih Hurriyati Reyta, Fitriani Reza Chandra Riaman Riaman Rico Nur Ilham Riskayani, Riskayani Riskiawang, Riskiawang Rollis Juliansyah Rosyidah Muhamad Rozita Muhamad Nawi Rusli Yusuf Saiful Saiful SANUSI SANUSI Sepyenita Sirojuzilam Hasyim Siti Aisyah Saat Siti Nazilah Mat Ali Sofyan A. Gani Suadi Sapta Putra Suci Ramadani Baharuddin Sukono Sukono Sulastriyono Sulastriyono Suryana Suryana Susilo Budi Hartanto syafrizal Syahril Syahril Syarifah Fatimah T. Zulham Tika Fauzia Vanessa Gaffar Wahyuddin Yana Hendayana Yani Endang Irmarita Yuni Gemasih Tebec Yunina Yunina Yusniar Yusniar Yuyun Hidayat