INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL LOCAL WISDOM IN LEARNING THROUGH OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Community environment is one of the important factors considered in teaching and learning activities. In the community environment, there are a number of local wisdom that should be introduced, understood, and mastered by students. Through learning Indonesian, teachers can take advantage of local wisdom in the community as material and media learning. Teachers can use observation techniques to take advantage of the learning resources found in the school environment where students are studying. However, in reality, lesson practice in schools is less enabling the environment as a source and medium of learning. This is due to a lack of understanding of local wisdom in the school environment and the absence of standard reference that can be guided to apply the learning strategy. Therefore, to overcome these obstacles, it is necessary to study the inventory of local wisdom in the school environment and training learning strategies that utilize environmental observation techniques.