Palm-Oil-Based Biodiesel in Indonesia: A Case Study on a Socioscientific Issue That Engages Students to Learn Chemistry and Its Impact on Society

Nida, Safwatun; Marsuki, Muhammad Fajar; Eilks, Ingo

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00244

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“…This can make the theme of a STEAM activity more interesting and applicable for the students. 16 An example is using a local economic agriculture plant as a raw material 38 and employing eggshells as a green catalyst in producing biodiesel. 24 By doing so, the implication is that the STEAM activity will offer an engaging opportunity for students not only for their perception of science (biodiesel production) and the students' BSPS but also for their economic, societal, and environmental points of view.…”

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STEAM Activity on Biodiesel Production: Encouraging Creative Thinking and Basic Science Process Skills of High School Students

2021

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Technology and validation methods for producing biodiesel have been updated and have kept advancing. Creative raw materials used in producing environmentally friendly biodiesels have also attracted interest from scientists. Thus, learning and teaching methods on biodiesel production at the high school level need to be up to date. However, there are expensive instruments required in performing experiments. This limitation reduces students' chances in integrating their chemical knowledge with the current situation. This study aims to develop a STEAM activity on biodiesel production by using waste vegetable cooking oil (WVCO) for high school students in Thailand. A simple and inexpensive experiment is described. The produced biodiesel was qualitatively analyzed by using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and compared with a standard biodiesel. The basic science process skills (BSPS) and the learning achievement on biodiesel production of 60 students from a high school in Nakhon Phanom province were assessed. The findings of this study revealed that there were benefits to including art in this STEAM activity, including encouraging effectiveness in communicating scientific ideas of the students with the lowest BSPS score and encouraging creative thinking of the students while practicing their science laboratory skills. The satisfaction of the students toward the STEAM activity was at a good level. Guidance for teachers to further implement the STEAM activity in schools is provided.

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STEAM Activity on Biodiesel Production: Encouraging Creative Thinking and Basic Science Process Skills of High School Students

2021

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“…The interview was 15-20 minutes long. It was recorded, transcribed, and analyzed qualitatively (Nida et al 2021). All excerpts from interviews are translated from Indonesian.…”

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Improving Assessment and Evaluation Strategies on Online Learning

Wonorahardjo¹,

Karmina²,

Habiddin³

2022

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ICLI is an annual International Conference on Learning Innovation (ICLI) hosted by Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Indonesian Consortium for Learning Innovation Research (ICLIR) as well as Univerisiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perlis, Malaysia serving as co-organizer this year. The conference aims to gather researchers, practitioners, students, experts, consultants, teachers and lecturers to share their insights and experiences on research not only in constructing innovations in learning but also the knowledge of learner's capability. The learners who are characterized as creative and competent by having the ability to understand what they have learned and capable of taking initiative and thinking critically. In addition, ICLI is organized on the basis of the trend in the 21st century, categorized by the increasing complexity of technology and the emergence of a corporate restructuring movement.This book is the proceeding of ICLI 2021, containing a selection of articles presented at this conference as the output of the activity. Various topics around education are covered in this book and some literature studies around specific topics on learning and education are covered as well. This proceeding book will be beneficial to students, scholars, and practitioners who have a deep concern in education. It is also futuristic with a lot of practical insights for students, faculty, and practitioners, and also a description of the Indonesian educational system in today's era.

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“…There are numerous socioscientific issues in which chemistry plays an important role. These include fuels such as biodiesel, 10 mixtures of alcoholic beverages, 11 or pollution resulting from the degradation of plastics in ecosystems. 5 It is regarded as critical that students are enabled to construct and analyze arguments and make decisions, related to the social applications and implications of chemistry.…”

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“…It is worth noting that we can find in the literature other educational activities other than role-playing that allow students to discuss and make decisions about chemistry in society such as jigsaws, learning stations, short interactive lectures, etc.…”

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Should We Ban Single-Use Plastics? A Role-Playing Game to Argue and Make Decisions in a Grade-8 School Chemistry Class

2021

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The social dimension of chemistry is relevant and present in numerous socio-scientific issues, for example, the use of plastics. These issues can be covered at school by implementing strategies such as role-playing, which allow different perspectives to be understood, thereby helping to promote changes in attitude. This paper presents a pilot-study about the design and results obtained in the role-playing game “Should we ban single-use plastics?”, which covers the problem of plastics in a secondary school chemistry class by way of argumentation and decision making. Role-playing allows students to represent the viewpoints of different important actors in this area both in favor of a ban on their use (fisherman, environmental scientist, teenager, biodegradable material manufacturer) and against (manufacturer of disposable surgical products, teenager, worker in a plastic cutlery factory, director of an oil company). This role-playing was implemented virtually for a class of grade-8 school students (secondary schoolers in Spain). The main findings include the promotion of learning about the chemical aspects of plastics and the change in attitude of some students regarding this issue after preparing and using arguments and counterarguments based on scientific evidence in a debate. Role-playing is well received by students and helps them to experience positive emotions. Students were found to be very critical of the issue addressed, and the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to affect their decisions.

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Palm-Oil-Based Biodiesel in Indonesia: A Case Study on a Socioscientific Issue That Engages Students to Learn Chemistry and Its Impact on Society

Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

STEAM Activity on Biodiesel Production: Encouraging Creative Thinking and Basic Science Process Skills of High School Students

STEAM Activity on Biodiesel Production: Encouraging Creative Thinking and Basic Science Process Skills of High School Students

Improving Assessment and Evaluation Strategies on Online Learning

Should We Ban Single-Use Plastics? A Role-Playing Game to Argue and Make Decisions in a Grade-8 School Chemistry Class

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