Promoting environmental literacy through a green project: a case study at adiwiyata school in Banda Aceh City

Abstract

This article examines developing a community that cares about the environment through education in schools. As a place to study, Adiwiyata school has a special role in improving environmental literacy through green projects. The study used descriptive qualitative to determine the delay in green programs at Adiwiyata School at the high school level in Banda Aceh City. In addition, this study also wants to reveal the role ofAdiwiyataSchool in realizing school community who is responsible for environmental protection and management efforts through good school governance to support sustainable development. One of its roles is the development of student work through green projects. The research result revealed that green project encourages students to learn more effectively and creatively. Because students need the flexibility to think, act and channel various needs, abilities, and skills in meeting environmental needs. Competency development of students can be honed through real work such as products that utilize waste, contain articles, art training and so on. In addition,Adiwiyataprogrammeenhances learning and action, thus providing effective methods to improve student environmental literacy. Adiwiyataschool is expected to be an agent of change for the community in the environment around the school. The schools must be a model in realizing a healthy and comfortable environment as a model in realizing caring and cultured citizens of the school.

The Influence of Online Project Collaborative Learning and Achievement Motivation on Problem-Solving Ability

“…Project-based learning not only can enhance student motivation to learn but also can facilitate students to enhance problem-solving ability (Chiang & Lee, 2016). Project-based learning can make problem-solving ability become better compared with conventional learning (Kamil et al, 2020;Tamba et al, 2017). Project collaborative learning has an influence on concept understanding and concept application (Safiah et al, 2020).…”

Profile of Students’ Pro-Environmental Attitude: In Adiwiyata’s School at Wonosobo

“…Improving the proenvironmental attitude of students, however, is an essential but indeed slow process [8]. In Piaget's theory of development [9], can explain the differences we encountered between our two age groups (9-10 and 11-13 years of students) that attitudes can change. Therefore, students' should be provided with knowledge and understanding of the environment from an early age [10].…”

“…Concern for the environment is one of the implementations of Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management, developed through partnerships with educational institutions in schools. The program Adiwiyata can enhance learning and action, thus providing an effective method for improving students' environmental literacy [9].…”

Environmental education to build school members’ character

“…As an interesting and urgent program, the Adiwiyata Program has been able to attract the attention of several researchers Some researchers link environmental literacy empowerment to the Adiwiyata program, for example research at the Adiwiyata School in Banda Aceh (Desfandi et al, 2017;Kamil et al, 2020) and in Malang (Nurwidodo, 2020). Another study examined students' green behavior at Adiwiyata School (Rachman & Maryani, 2018).…”