Teaching Material Based on Indegeneous System with Journalism Approach as a Model of Thematic-Integrated Learning for Student in Primary School

Abstract

Elementary school age students are included in the concrete operational stage, so they need concrete objects to understand about learning material. In this case, the teacher has a very important role in recognizing their characteristics in order to facilitate learning. Learning in accordance with elementary school students is an integrative thematic learning model. The thematic integrative learning model is one of the integrated learning models that integrates competences and skills from several fields of study which are packaged into one theme. One manifestation of optimizing the integrative thematic learning model is packaging teaching materials based on local traditions with a journalistic approach. The journalism approach intended in the preparation of this teaching material is to package interesting teaching materials to read and still lightly use in learning. The choice of journalism approach in the preparation of teaching materials is because the value of journalism will be increasingly important with the use of information technology which is increasingly communicative, then the integration of local wisdom values is intended to facilitate students in achieving applicable learning. Local wisdom is very important considering the learning process that occurs in the classroom, especially elementary school students, should start with the closest world or what students often encounter. The values of local wisdom will help students understand every concept in the material so that the knowledge obtained by students is not only limited to knowledge, but can also be implemented by students in the form of practice outside of school.