Integrating Place-Based Education in Biology Learning through Inquiry to Improve Student's Cognitive Ability and Scientific Attitudes in Sumbawa

摘要

The integrating of place-based education needs to make the learning activity more meaningful and make student can apply their knowledge to solve the real problem around them. The purpose of this research is to describe the integrating of place-based education in biology learning through Inquiry to improve student's cognitive ability and scientific attitude in Sumbawa. The result shows that integrating environmental capacity such as Rawa Lake and Beringin Sila River into learning activity through inquiry can make student cognitive ability increase. By learning directly from the environment, the student has a sign of progress in scientific attitudes in each learning activity. They release that environmental sustainability is their responsibility. So they try to keep the environment by giving the idea to solve the environmental problem.