TEACHER DIFFICULTIES IN APPLYING SCIENCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this research is to describe teachers' difficulties in implementing environmental
science learning based on local wisdom at MI Nurul Huda Ketambul Palang Tuban, East Java.. The research
method used is a qualitative descriptive research design. Data collection techniques are interviews,
observation and documentation. The subjects of this research were 1 teachers and 21 students. Based on the
research results, it shows that teachers still experience difficulties in the planning, implementation and
evaluation processes. The difficulties experienced by teachers are a lack of training in making teaching
modules based on local wisdom which results in teachers not understanding how to relate the material to
the surrounding environment, a lack of learning time if all lessons are carried out using learning based on
local wisdom because the school has to achieve learning material targets, students are too active when
studying outside the classroom, and the students' sentences are less structured so it is difficult for the teacher
to evaluate. So the solution to overcome this problem is to take part in training to improve the teacher's
ability to carry out learning.
Keywords: teacher difficulty, science learning, local wisdom, elementary school.