DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING IN CHILDREN AGED 5-6 THROUGH SCIENCE LITERACY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of scientific literacy learning on the development of scientific thinking in group B at TK Plus Al Hikmah. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this study were class teachers and group B students at TK Plus Al Hikmah, which consisted of 23 students. The data sources in this study were informants consisting of administrators, educators, and students at TK Plus Al Hikmah. Data sources were also obtained from annual program data, semester programs, RPPM and RPPH obtained from TK Plus Al Hikmah when researchers conducted interviews and field observations. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews and documentation. In analyzing the data, the writer uses descriptive data analysis techniques. Something that describes the actual situation that exists and is mostly expressed in words that are based on facts in the field. The results of the research were 1) scenarios and implementation of scientific literacy learning, 2) the response of group B kindergarten teachers and students to scientific literacy learning, and 3) the constraints experienced by group B kindergarten children in participating in scientific literacy learning. The results of this study have reached the expected indicators, using scientific literacy learning can improve the development of scientific thinking in early childhood.

Keywords: Scientific Thinking; Children Aged 5-6 Years; Science Literacy;