STEM-Based Education for Sustainable Development in Elementary Schools: Fostering Sustainability Awareness through a Descriptive Qualitative Approach

Authors

  • Alvina Martha Sintiya Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus
  • Eva Luthfi Fakhru Ahsani Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15575/al-aulad.v8i1.45701

Keywords:

Education for Sustainable Development, Sustainable awareness, STEM, Tanaman Obat Keluarga

Abstract

Sustainability awareness is the expected outcome with the implementation of STEM-based ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) in the TOGA (Family Medicinal Plants) planting project. ESD is a role in education as a form of effort to achieve SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). This study aims to describe the implementation of STEM-based ESD and to determine the sustainability awareness of grade 4 students of MI Sultan Fattah Jepara. This study is included in descriptive qualitative research. Where the type of research is field research. Data will be obtained through observation, questionnaires, and documentation. Data analysis to be carried out includes data reduction, data display and verification. The results of this study indicate that STEM-based ESD has been implemented by teachers in grade 4 students of MI Sultan Fattah Jepara with the TOGA planting project. The ESD indicator shows that sustainability and adaptation have a high value of 4, indicating that this indicator is successful in the TOGA project. Revitalization has a score of 2, indicating that students have difficulty reviving or repairing existing systems. Ecoliteracy with a score of 3, indicates an awareness of the importance of ecological understanding in the project. Students can develop sustainable awareness, as seen from the sustainable awareness indicators, namely behavioral awareness which has a score of 4.875, followed by the attitude awareness indicator with a score of 4.0625, and the emotional awareness indicator with a score of 2.0625.

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2025-06-12

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): Al-Aulad: Journal of Islamic Primary Education

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