National Curriculum 2013: From Literacy to Scientific Approach

Abstract

Implementation of the newest National Curriculum 2013 in every public school gives problem to the teacher’s way of thinking especially for language teacher. It is projected to change the language teaching paradigm from literacy approach which gives the students opportunity to use the information from what they read and write to scientific approach that gives students chance to develop their intelligence to higher order thinking in learning language and expected in using it in proper way as life skills equipment in facing the rapid changes of global society system in the near future. Copying this fact about this new curriculum, this article is trying to describe deeper about new feature that brought by curriculum 2013. The aspects start from the concept of curriculum, the assessment process, the learning process namely scientific approach which can be implemented by using some procedures in the classroom and the textbook.

Need Analysis: Should Preparation in Implementing a Scientific Approach in Elementary Schools?

“…The assessment must be carried out by the teacher based on the assessment sheet that has been made. Based on the observation that the researcher did, the teacher did the learning assessment covering three aspects, namely the assessment of attitudes, knowledge and skills [15], [18], Assessment of teacher attitudes uses observations which observe the attitudes of each student when learning takes place. Assessment of teacher knowledge uses written questions to measure the level of student understanding, and assessment of teacher skills assessing the work of students.…”

“…This scientific approach is a learning approach that includes five stages, which include the stages of observing, asking questions, gathering information, reasoning and communicating [13]. The 2013 curriculum orientation is the increase and balance between attitude, skills and knowledge [14], [15].…”

Student Activity Sheets based on Scientific and Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the Introduction to Microeconomics course: How and Why?

“…The scientific approach (scientific approach) is a learning model that uses scientific principles that contain a series of data collection activities through observation, questioning, experimentation, processing information or data, then communicating (Kemendikbud, 2014). The purpose of the scientific approach in learning is to improve students' thinking skills, form the ability to solve problems systematically, create learning conditions so that students feel that learning is a necessity, train students in expressing ideas, improve student learning outcomes, and develop the character of students (Sani, 2015). Hosnan (2014) states that the scientific approach has the following characteristics: 1) Student-centered; 2) Involving science process skills in constructing concepts, laws or principles; 3) Involving cognitive processes that have the potential to stimulate intellectual development, especially students' higher order thinking skills, and; 4) Can develop students' character.…”