Investigating teacher process skills through the development of inquiry-based learning using natural materials for Environmental Awareness

Natural Science Education Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang

^* Corresponding author: fatma_wati@fmipa.unp.ac.id

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyse science teachers’ level on science process skills. There were 11 teachers who participated in this study. The data were collected by using test for science process skills. This test was conducted to 11 science teachers which consisted of six skills of science process skills. Those skills are observation, classification, interpretation, designing hypotheses, designing experiment, and communication. Results of the study showed that the average process skills scored 70 on good criteria. Meanwhile, to design inquiry-based learning produced three topics such as substances and their changes, inheritance of trait and object density. The conclusion of this research shows that teachers have been able to design inquiry-based learning and have science process skills at good criteria. This is expected to foster good environmental awareness so that science learning can help students to care more about the surrounding environment.