Integrating mangrove conservation into high school biology through problem-based learning

Biology Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Buton, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: fahmilikhsanbiologi@gmail.com

Abstract

The objectives of this community service are: 1) to assist biology teachers in designing a 'Mangrove Project', a high school biology learning project that facilitates mangrove campaigns and conservation; 2) to determine the response of biology teachers to the design of the 'Mangrove Project'. This community service is carried out through the stages of curriculum analysis, teacher interviews, focus group discussions followed by measurement of teacher responses to the community service. The resulting mangrove project design has four components: lesson planning, place of learning, expected competence and parties involved. Teachers responded positively to the implementation of community service and hoped.