Profile of Knowledge of Science Teacher Candidates on Ethnoscience-Based Science Learning

Abstract

The study aims to explore the knowledge of prospective science teacher students about ethnoscience-based learning. This study is exploratory research carried out at three tertiary institutions organising biology education study programs: Mandalika Education University, Hamzanwadi University, and Mataram State Islamic University. The research respondents were 54 biology education students. The research instrument used is a closed questionnaire with answers using a Likert scale; experts have validated it. The research data were analysed using quantitative descriptive and inferential statistics using the ANOVA test. The results of this study are: 1) students of the Mandalika University of Education have an average score of student knowledge about ethnoscience-based learning of 2.29 in the Fair Good category, Hamzanwadi University students of 1.84 in the Fair Good category, Mataram State Islamic students of 2, 25 in the Fair Good category; 2) there is a significant difference in the knowledge of students at the Mandalika University of Education, Hamzanwadi University, and Mataram State Islamic University about ethnoscience-based learning, as evidenced by the results of the ANOVA test with a significance value of 0.007>0.05.