Stimulating environmental awareness in PAUD community

Abstract

Loving the environment is a child's character that must be instilled in the Indonesian people from an early age. For this reason, the PAUD community needs to be introduced to environmental literacy because there are still many PAUD communities that do not understand environmental literacy. Understanding and environmental literacy skills if learned by someone from an early age, then the knowledge can become a habit and will last a long time in one's mind and heart. This article will describe how the research team strives to instill a love for the environment in the PAUD community. This study uses an action research method by providing information and motivation about the importance of Environmental Education (PLH) for early childhood. The subjects involved in this activity were the PAUD community represented by 11 PAUD teachers in the Tangerang, Sawangan Bogor, Medan, and Batam areas. This article was written based on the results of Action Research with a qualitative approach through discussions and interviews and the delivery of information through online meetings regarding PLH for PAUD. The data collection period took 4 months in 2020. Content analysis was used to analyze the data in this study. The data obtained were validated by faculty members. The findings of this study indicate that the provision of information and motivation to the 11 PAUD teachers can make the 11 teachers motivated to participate in learning and teaching environmental literacy to their students. The teachers are trying to make the school environment greener by planting trees and doing various learning activities with children to get to know and love the environment better.