Prospective Elementary School Teachers Environmental Literacy: What, Why, and How?
Abstract
Environmental literacy is one of the main subjects and themes in developing 21stcentury skills. Environmental literacy can be used as an effort to overcome problems related to environmental issues. This paper aims to provide an overview of the role of universities in producing prospective elementary school teachers who have good environmental literacy and are expected to be able to implement it in learning. For this purpose, there are 3 questions in this paper 1) What are the components of measuring environmental literacy from elementary school teacher’s prospective? Why is it necessary to develop environmental literacy in elementary school teacher’s prospective? How can environmental literacy be trained and improved? This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used were literature documents such as international articles, national articles, and relevant books. The data analysis technique includes four stages, namely (1) data collection, (2) data presentation, (3) data reduction, and data inventory (4) data conclusion. The results of this study are in the form of information on measuring components of environmental literacy for prospective elementary school teachers, reasons why it is necessary to develop literacy, and alternative learning models that can be used to instill environmental literacy for prospective elementary school teachers. The results of this study can be used as reference material in training and developing the environmental literacy of students, especially in universities.
Keywords: prospective, elementary school teachers, Environmental Literacy
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