Advisability of integrated science teaching material on the topic of environmental pollution to increase environmental literacy and critical thinking of junior high school students

摘要

This research aims to produce integrated science teaching material on the topic of environmental pollution and to obtain empiric factors about the advisability of integrated science teaching material to increase environmental literacy and critical thinking. The research method used the Research and Development (R&D).The object of this research was the integrated science teaching material on the topic of environmental and the implementation in Junior High School Student. While the subjects of this research were Junior High School Students grade VII in Bandung. The text books development method used the model for the process of writing instructional materials. This research used instrument assessment of textbook quality and the readability for of their main ideas instrument. Draft I of teaching material was tested in limited field of Junior High School using the readability for of their main ideas instrument, this draft was also validated by 3 lecturers and 10 Junior High School teachers using assessment of textbook quality. Sampling technique used in this research was qualitative. The results of teaching material development showed high quality percentage of 80,24% with excellent criteria, even though, the readability for of their main ideas test showed percentage of 89.1% with high criteria (independent category).