ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION AMOUNG SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY ASPECTS IN STUDENTS THEMATIC BOOK OF V GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Abstract

Mastery of science literacy will make easier students to adapt to the advancement of science and technology in the present and future. One attempt to improve the ability of science literacy through the analysis of textbooks lessons. The interaction of science, technology & society is a scientific aspect of science literacy. This research analyzes the literacy indicator of science in the thematic book of grade V SD students. The type of research used is descriptive, by collecting data in the form of documentation study. The sample in this study is several pages in one book analyzed taken by random method using multistage sampling technique. The results show 8.5% of the book presents aspects of interaction of science, technology and society. This aspect has not been presented in the entire theme of the book. The themes 4 and 5 are not presented at all, while themes 1, 2 and 3 each present 13%, 22% and 5% of them. The following findings show that Book Y rarely presents aspects of the interaction of science, technology and society. In other words, this book of Y does not emphasize material that supports the contextual mastery.