Smoking fish in Banggi Village in learning of respiration system based on sustainable development

Abstract

Abstract Sustainable Development in general is a human effort to improve the quality of life while trying not to go beyond the ecosystem that supports life. The smoking of fish in Banggi Village still creates smoke which can interfere with breathing for smoked fish craftsmen and the surrounding community. This study aims to determine the results of using fish smoking in Banggi village in learning the respiratory system to improve students’ problem solving abilities. This study used sample of two classes. One class there were a number of students who received Sustainable Development based learning and one other class did not get this treatment. The research instrument was in the form of problem solving ability test items. The results N gain on problem solving abilities in the class with Sustainable Development based learning activities are moderate category, while the class with not Sustainable Development based learning activities was low category. The posttest scores of the two classes are obtained by Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 <0.05. The conclusion of this study is that the use of smoking fish in Banggi village in learning the respiration system based on Sustainable Development can significantly (p<0,05) improve students’ problem solving abilities.