IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES LEARNING MODEL IN ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE TO TRY LIFE SKILLS IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF SURABAYA

Abstract

To encourage connection between biology content and social context to try life skills, students need to be involved in Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) learning model. In doing so, involving 29 students majoring Biology Education enrolled in Environmental Knowledge course, to observe student’s life skills and student’s achievement. Data were collected through questionnaires, test and observation, and then analyzed using qualitative descriptive technique. The findings reported that student’s life skills consist of academic skills, personal skills, social skills and vocational skills were increased toward SSI learning model (N-Gain=0,4), all of students were successful in student’s achievement based on increasing of student’s achievement (N-Gain=0,4).

Keywords: Student’s Life Skills, Student’s Achievement, Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI)