Sri Sularti Dewanti Handayani
The scientific approach is a scientific method in learning activities which includes the observation, questioning, gathering information, reasoning, and communication. Regarding the scientific approach, which began to be implemented following the enactment of the Curriculum of 2013 about Early Childhood Education, it is a necessary to change the basic concept of thought in the learning process. Through a scientific approach, it is expected to develop scientific, logical, and critical thinking and is objective in both the teacher and the children. The problem which was highlighted in this study was that there are still many various incorrect concepts of the implementation of scientific approaches in the learning process at Early Childhood educational institutions. As a result, the students themselves also did not have a full understanding about the implementation of the scientific approach in the learning process in such institutions. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse students' understanding of the scientific approach to the learning process at Early Childhood educational institutions. The method used in this research is the descriptive quantitative approach. The data collection was done by questionnaire and documentation. The number of samples in this study were 29 students chosen by the purposive sampling technique. The data analysis was presented by using a quantitative descriptive design. The results showed that students in the Teacher Education for Early Childhood Education Department had knowledge related to the scientific approach concept with a score of 62.07 per cent (intermediate level of understanding), knowledge related to the planning process of a scientific approach learning with a score of 65.52 per cent (intermediate level of understanding), and knowledge related to the implementation of the scientific approach with a score of 48.28 per cent (intermediate level of understanding). © 2020, Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
Early Childhood Teacher Education, Faculty of Education Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
