Kasuari: Physics Education Journal (KPEJ)
Vol 4, No 1 (2021): June 2021

Analysis of Student Interests in the Department of Physics Education: University of Muhammadiyah Makassar

Riskawati Riskawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Andi Arie Andriani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Yusri Handayani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Nurfazlina Nurfazlina (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Sep 2021

Abstract

In the last three years based on SBMPTN data, interest in the Physics Education Department has decreased drastically in various Public universities in Indonesia which has an impact on private universities, especially at Unismuh Makassar. The desired research objective is to analyze the factors that influence the interest of prospective students towards the Department of Physics Education at Unismuh Makassar. Quantitative descriptive research is the type of research used with the population of senior high school in Gowa Regency which consists of a sample of 50 class XII students from Public senior high school 1 Gowa, Public senior high school 19 Gowa, senior high school Handayani Sungguminasa, andsenior high school Aksara Bajeng. Questionnaire is an instrument used to obtain research data which was analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The results of the analysis in this study obtained 4 factors that influence the interest of prospective students towards the Department of Physics Education at Unismuh Makassar, namely personal and parental motivation factors, environmental factors that like Physics Education, physics content factors, and employment factors.

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Journal Info

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kpej

Publisher

Subject

Education Physics

Description

Kasuari: Physics Education Journal (KPEJ) is a peer-reviewed open access journal and aims to provide a forum for researchers, lecturer, educational practitioners and University student on all topics related to physics education. The journal provides forum for the sharing, dissemination and ...