The Application of Ethno-ESD as a Strategy to Strengthen Sustainable Environmental Attitudes in Chemistry Education Students
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ESD, ethnoscience, environmental chemistry, sustainability attitudeAbstract
This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Engineering Design Project learning model based on Ethno-ESD in actualizing sustainable environmental literacy in Chemistry Education students. The method used was a quasi-experiment with the design of the One-Shot Case Study involving 46 fifth-semester students. The environmental literacy measurement instrument which includes the aspects of Sustainability Environmental, Sustainability Social, and Sustainability Economic was validated using Aiken's V analysis. After Ethno-ESD learning was applied, the test result data was analyzed through normality, homogeneity, and one-way ANOVA tests to determine the effectiveness of the treatment. The results show that all data are distributed normally and homogeneously, thus qualifying parametric analysis. The ANOVA test produced a value of F = 20.365 with a significance of 0.000, which indicates that the Ethno-ESD learning model has a significant effect on improving students' sustainable environmental literacy. This finding confirms that the integration of local wisdom with the principles of Education for Sustainable Development is able to improve students' knowledge, attitudes, and sustainable behaviors in the context of environmental chemistry learning. The Ethno-ESD model is recommended as an innovative approach to strengthen sustainable environmental literacy in higher education.
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Ariyatun, A., Sudarmin, S., Wardani, S., Saptono, S., Rusilowati, A., & Sulistyaningsih, T. (2024). A Comprehensive Study: Assessing the Environmental Literacy Profile in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. H. Hab Iddin et Al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Science Education (ICoMSE 2023), 80–94. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_7
Ariyatun, Sudarmin, Rahmawati, A., Winarto, & Wibowo, T. (2025). Reconstruction of the Engineering Design Project ( EDPj ) Learning Model based on Ethno-ESD to Actualize Students ’ Sustainable Environmental Literacy. LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science, and Technology, 12(4), 1–28. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.12.4.2300
Batoro, J., Indriyani, S., & Yanuwiadi, B. (2017). Ethno-ecology of Komplangan Field of the Bromo, Tengger, and Semeru Area in East Java:A Qualitative Approach. Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 9(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.15294/biosaintifika.v9i1.9193
Erman, & Suyatno. (2022). Pembelajaran Sains Berbasis Kearifan Lokal (Mengidentifikasi, Mendefinisikan, Menjelaskan dan Menerapkan). In M. S. Dr. Nur Wakhidah (Ed.), Penerbit JDS.
Erman, Suyatno, & Wakhidah, N. (2023). An expert judgment of textbook draft of local wisdom-based learning of science: A preliminary study. The 1st International Conference on Science Education and Science.
Fasasi, R. A. (2017). Effects of ethnoscience instruction, school location, and parental educational status on learners’ attitude towards science. International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2017.1296599
Febrianty, Y., Rohaedi, E., Hosnah, A. U., & Wijaya, M. M. (2023). the Local Government Concept To Protect the Value of Community Cultural Traditions (Pariaman West Sumatra) in Regional Regulations. Journal of Law and Sustainable Development, 11(3), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.55908/sdgs.v11i3.434
Gupta, D. M. S., Samrutwar, A. M., Rahandale, A. M., & Edlabadkar, A. A. (2024). The Influence of Environmental Education on College Students’ behavioural Attitudes towards Sustainability. Journal of Learning and Educational Policy, 46, 48–58. https://doi.org/10.55529/jlep.46.48.58
Hardy, J. G., Sdepanian, S., Stowell, A. F., Aljohani, A. D., Allen, M. J., Anwar, A., Barton, D., Baum, J. V., Bird, D., Blaney, A., Brewster, L., Cheneler, D., Efremova, O., Entwistle, M., Esfahani, R. N., Firlak, M., Foito, A., Forciniti, L., Geissler, S. A., … Wright, K. L. (2021). Potential for Chemistry in Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Teaching Activities in Higher Education. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(4), 1124–1145. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01363
Hastuti, P. W., Setianingsih, W., & ... (2019). Integrating inquiry based learning and ethnoscience to enhance students’ scientific skills and science literacy. Journal of Physics ….
Horvath, N., Stewart, M., & Shea, M. (2013). Toward Instruments of Assessing Sustainability Knowledge: Assessment Development, Process, and Results From A Pilot Survey At The University of Maryland. Journal of Sustainability Education, 5(May).
Izzah, S. N., Sudarmin, S., & Prasetyo, A. P. B. (2020). Identification of the indigenous science concepts in the batik-manufacturing process to develop STEM integrated ethnoscience learning. Journal of Physics ….
Juntunen, M. K., & Aksela. (2014). Education for sustainable development in chemistry – Challenges, possibilities and pedagogical models in Finland and elsewhere. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 15, 488–500. https://doi.org/10.1039/x0xx00000x
Kuruppuarachchi, J., Sayakkarage, V., & Madurapperuma, B. (2021). Environmental literacy level comparison of undergraduates in the conventional and odls universities in sri lanka. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031056
Li, Y., Cheng, H., Beeton, R. J. S., Sigler, T., & Halog, A. (2016). Sustainability from a Chinese cultural perspective: the implications of harmonious development in environmental management. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 18(3), 679–696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-015-9671-9
Marfai, M. A. (2019). Pengantar Etika Lingkungan dan Kearifan Lokal. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press.
Marouli, C. (2021). Sustainability education for the future? Challenges and implications for education and pedagogy in the 21st century. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(5), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052901
Misseyanni, A., Marouli, C., & Papadopoulou, P. (2020). How teaching affects student attitudes towards the environment and sustainability in higher education: An instructors’ perspective. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 9(2), 172–182. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p172
Nomura, K. (2009). A perspective on education for sustainable development: Historical development of environmental education in Indonesia. International Journal of Educational Development, 29(6), 621–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.12.002
Sasa, T., Ahmad, W., Bahtiti, N. H., Abujaber, M., Adeyleh, A., & Miri, O. (2022). Assessment Level of Environmental Literacy among Applied Science Private University (ASU) Students. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 18, 1012–1020. https://doi.org/10.37394/232015.2022.18.97
Strachan, S., Logan, L., Willison, D., Bain, R., Roberts, J., Mitchell, I., & Yarr, R. (2021). Reflections on developing a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach to embedding education for sustainable development into higher education curricula. Emerald Open Research, 3, 24. https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14303.1
Sudarmin, Ariyatun, Rahayu, S., Yamtinah, S., Pujiastuti, R. S. E., Munzil, & Winarto. (2025). How to increase student sustainable attitudes: a study effect of the education for sustainable development ethno-pedagogy learning model (EP-ESD). Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 7(5). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2025252
Sudarmin, S., Diliarosta, S., Pujiastuti, S. E., Jumini, & Prasetya, A. (2020). The instructional design of ethnoscience-based inquiry learning for scientific explanation about Taxus sumatrana as cancer medication. … for the Education of ….
Sudarmin, S., Mursiti, S., & Asih, A. G. (2018). The use of scientific direct instruction model with video learning of ethnoscience to improve students’ critical thinking skills. Journal of Physics: Conference ….
Sudarmin, S., Pujiastuti, R. S. E., Asyhar, R., Tri Prasetya, A., Diliarosta, S., & Ariyatun, A. (2023). Chemistry project-based learning for secondary metabolite course with ethno-STEM approach to improve students’ conservation and entrepreneurial character in the 21st century. Journal of Technology and Science Education, 13(1), 393. https://doi.org/10.3926/jotse.1792
Sudarmin, Sulistyaningsih, T., Savitri, E. N., Pujiastuti, R. S. E., Zain, H. bint M., Winarto, Dewi, R. K., & Ariyatun. (2025). Conservation character learning framework : An ethno-stem integrated inquiry project learning model for community science issue explanation of tea drinking culture and aroma of indonesian tea compound. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 1–12.
Sudarmin, Sumarni, W., Mursiti, S., & Sumarti, S. S. (2020). Students’ innovative and creative thinking skill profile in designing chemical batik after experiencing ethnoscience integrated science technology engineering mathematic integrated ethnoscience (ethno-stem) learnings. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1567(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1567/2/022037
Sulaiman, A. I., Masrukin, M., & Putri, D. D. (2022). Community Empowerment Program Based on Green Economy in Preserving Herbs as Local Wisdom. Sustainable Development Research, 4(2), p14. https://doi.org/10.30560/sdr.v4n2p14
Sumarni, W. (2018). The influence of ethnoscience-based learning on chemistry to the chemistry’s literacy rate of the prospective teachers. Unnes Science Education Journal.
Sumarni, W., Sudarmin, S., Sumarti, S., & Kadarwati, S. (2022). Indigenous knowledge of Indonesian traditional medicines in science teaching and learning using a science–technology–engineering–mathematics (STEM) approach. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 17(2), 467–510.
Sumarni, W., Sudarmin, S., Sumarti, S. S., & Kadarwati, S. (2021). Indigenous knowledge of Indonesian traditional medicines in science teaching and learning using a science–technology–engineering–mathematics (STEM) approach. In Cultural Studies of Science Education (Issue 0123456789). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-021-10067-3
Susilastri, S. D., & Rustaman, N. Y. (2015). Students’ Environmental Literacy Profile in School-Based Nature. Seminar Nasional Konservasi Dan Pemanfaatan Sumber Daya Alam, 263–269.
Wibowo, T. (2020). Analysis of Attitute Towards Chemistry Profile of Students in Senior High School. Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
Winarno, N., Rusdiana, D., Samsudin, A., ..., Fitria, D., Husaeni, A., Bayu, A., & Nandiyanto, D. (2020). The steps of the Engineering Design Process (EDP) in science education: A systematic literature review. Journal for the …, 8(4), 1345–1360.
Zuin, V. G., Eilks, I., Elschami, M., & Kümmerer, K. (2021). Education in green chemistry and in sustainable chemistry: perspectives towards sustainability. Green Chemistry, 23(4), 1594–1608. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc03313h
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