Profiling Sustainable Environmental Awareness of Primary School Students in Sorong District by Gender and School Location

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https://doi.org/10.21831/jser.v9i2.80466

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Environmental awareness, sustainability, primary school students, gender, school location

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Kesadaran lingkungan yang berkelanjutan merupakan aspek penting dalam pendidikan untuk membentuk generasi yang mampu menghadapi tantangan lingkungan global. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memetakan profil kesadaran lingkungan berkelanjutan siswa sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Sorong, dengan mempertimbangkan aspek perbedaan gender dan lokasi sekolah (perkotaan, tengah, dan pinggiran). Analisis dilakukan berdasarkan tiga dimensi utama: pengetahuan, sikap, dan perilaku. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya variasi kesadaran lingkungan berdasarkan gender dan lokasi. Siswa laki-laki cenderung unggul dalam pemahaman konseptual, sedangkan siswa perempuan lebih konsisten dalam menunjukkan perilaku berkelanjutan. Dilihat dari lokasi, siswa di daerah pinggiran menunjukkan tingkat kesadaran tertinggi pada semua dimensi, diikuti oleh siswa di daerah perkotaan yang unggul dalam sikap kolektif. Sebaliknya, siswa di wilayah tengah memiliki tingkat kesadaran terendah pada semua dimensi. Temuan ini menyoroti perlunya pendekatan pendidikan keberlanjutan yang responsif terhadap konteks gender dan lokasi. Misalnya, pendekatan berbasis tindakan dapat diterapkan untuk memperkuat perilaku siswa laki-laki, sementara keterlibatan berbasis masyarakat dapat mendukung siswa perempuan. Selain itu, program berbasis lokal diperlukan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran di wilayah tengah. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat menjadi dasar pengembangan kebijakan dan program pendidikan keberlanjutan pada tingkat sekolah dasar.

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Ramadany, L. D., Sujana, A., Sopandi, W., & Hidayat, F. A. (2025). Profiling Sustainable Environmental Awareness of Primary School Students in Sorong District by Gender and School Location. Journal of Science Education Research, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.21831/jser.v9i2.80466

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