Developing KALOAS: a local wisdom-based learning model for science and social skills

Abstract

Purpose: to develop the KALOAS (kearifan lokal untuk optimalisasi aktivitas sains dan sosial “local wisdom-based science and social learning”) model for IPAS learning in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, designed to integrate science process skills and social skills through local wisdom-based learning activities.

Method: this study used a qualitative descriptive method, adapted from the first three stages of Gall’s et al. R&D model: information gathering, model design, and preliminary product development. The outcome was an initial prototype of the KALOAS learning model for IPAS learning.

Findings: the KALOAS model was developed as a local wisdom-based IPAS learning model consisting of eight instructional stages. The model was designed to integrate science process and social skills through contextual learning activities grounded in local wisdom.

Implications: the KALOAS model provides a contextual learning framework that helps teachers integrate science, social, and local cultural aspects in IPAS learning.

Originality: lies in the development of the KALOAS model, which integrates local wisdom-based learning with science process skills and social skills development in IPAS learning, providing a new framework for contextual and culturally relevant elementary education.