Application of Scientific Approach by Sociology Teachers at Public Senior High Schools in Pontianak

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10.2991/ice-17.2018.24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

application of scientific approach, Sociology teachers.

Abstract

This study was intended to describe the application of scientific approach by Sociology teachers at public senior high schools in Pontianak. The things described were the application of the following steps: (1) observing; (2) questioning; (3) reasoning; (4) communicating; (5) concluding and (6) inventing. The study used a descriptive quantitative survey method. Sociology teachers and the social science students of grade XII in Pontianak constituted the study population. Meanwhile, a sample of 20 Sociology teachers and 80 social science students of grade XII were taken from the population. Indirect communication technique was used as a technique of data collecting with an instrument of data collecting was a questionnaire. Quantitative descriptive percentage analysis was used to process the data. The results revealed that the application of scientific approach by Sociology teachers at public senior high schools in Pontianak was categorized as sufficient. In particular, the findings revealed that the application of all 6 steps was categorized as sufficient.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yohanes Bahari
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BT  - Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)
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