CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SAINS-FISIKA SMP
Abstract: Any educational
process implied by contextual teaching and learning (CTL) aims at helping
students’ comprehension of the academic materials they are studying by
connecting academic subjects with the contexts of their daily life. The present
article is based on a research which developed a set of instructional materials
to help teachers and their students achieve that aim.
The instructional materials developed were adapted from a model submitted
by Thiaragajan et al., which includes the steps of defining, designing, and
developing. Assessment of the materials was done through experts’ judgment on
and teachers’ and students’ responses to the materials. The final revised set
of the materials were tried out at a state junior high school, SMPN 23, in
Surabaya. During the try-out, teachers’ and students’ activities were observed
and quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed.
The results of the research show that the instructional materials (1)
have the characteristics of (a) connecting the subject matter with daily life,
(b) having been developed with attention paid to students’ learning styles, (c)
developing higher-order thinking, (d) reflecting interest in students’ prior
knowledge, (e) supporting the shaping of democratic and interactive learning
situations, (f) providing teachers with more ease in their work, and (g) making
more students like studying physics and (2) can help students achieve mastery
learning.
Penulis: Wasis
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd060026
