Analysis of Ethnobotanical Knowledge Science Literacy Profile in PGSD Students: Case Study of Karimun Akit Tribe Medicinal Plants

Abstract

Science literacy is the ability to understand scientific concepts and processes, which are used to identify problems, explain scientific phenomena, and solve problems by applying them in various daily human activities. This ability is important as a basic capital and potential that prospective teachers must have to face challenges in the 21st Century. This understanding of science concepts and processes can be integrated in a local knowledge of the community in an area such as ethnobotanical knowledge. This study aims to analyse the science literacy profile of students about ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants used by the Karimun Akit Tribe. The method used is a survey method with a quantitative descriptive approach. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, namely students of the Karimun University Primary School Teacher Education (PGSD) study programme in semesters 2, 4 and 6 totalling 39 people. The instrument used was 20 multiple choice questions that had been validated. The results of this study indicate that the science literacy ability of PGSD students at Karimun University towards ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants by the Karimun Akit Tribe has an average score of 55.64 with a low category. In addition, the results of student achievement in each science literacy competency obtained a very low category with sequential percentage scores, namely: the ability to explain phenomena scientifically (40.55%), the ability to interpret data and evidence scientifically (31.80%), and the ability to evaluate and design scientific investigations (27.65%). Efforts to improve low science literacy are by teaching science literacy in a sustainable manner, compiling material systematically, and planning the learning process using the right learning model.