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Received: 17 05 2016 / Accepted: 28 10 2016 / Published online: 30 06 2017
© 2017 Faculty of Geography UGM and The Indonesian Geographers Association
Abstract This study is back grounded by importance of ecoliteracy for each individual in the effort to embody sustainable community. One of comprehensive efforts to build ecoliteracy in community since early is through Adiwiyata Program. Based on this, this study is aimed to find out how the effectiveness of Adiwiyata Program in the effort to build students' ecoliteracy in Banda Aceh. The method which is used is survey. The study is conducted in ten schools, with respondents are principal/vice principal, teachers, administrative staff and students. Data analysis is done descriptively toward independent variable and dependent variable and hypothesis test use non parametric statistic test. The result of study showed that there is positive and significant influence of school policy, curriculum implementation, school culture and school infrastructure management toward students' ecoliteracy. The findings of study is the more effective four components of Adiwiyata is implemented, the higher of studentsecoliteracy. Therefore, four components of Adiwiyata should be implemented maximally in each school, among other by strengthening Adiwiyata school team.
Keywords: Adiwiyata Program, Ecoliteracy
Abstrak Penelitian dilatarbelakangi oleh pentingnya ecoliteracy bagi setiap individu dalam upaya mewujudkan masyarakat berkelanjutan. Salah satu upaya komprehensif untuk membangun ecoliteracy pada masyarakat sejak dini adalah melalui Program Adiwiyata. Berdasarkan hal ini penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bagaimanakah efektifitas Program Adiwiyata dalam upaya membangun ecoliteracy siswa di Kota Banda Aceh. Metode yang digunakan adalah survei. Penelitian dilaksanakan di sepuluh sekolah, dengan responden yaitu kepala/wakil kepala sekolah, guru, pegawai administrasi dan siswa. Analisis data secara deskriptif dilakukan terhadap variabel bebas dan terikat serta pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji statistik non parametrik. Hasil penelitian menujukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yangpositif dan signifikan kebijakan sekolah, implementasi kurikulum, budaya sekolah dan pengelolaan prasarana sekolah terhadap ecoliteracy siswa. Temuan penelitian adalah semakin efektif keempat komponen Adiwiyata diimplementasikan maka ecoliteracy peserta didik semakin tinggi. Karena itu empat komponen Adiwiyata harus diimplementasikan dengan maksimal di setiap sekolah, diantaranya dengan memperkuat tim Adiwiyata sekolah.
Kata kunci: Ecoliteracy, Program Adiwiyata
1.Introduction
Human life is not detached from interaction with their environment. The fast growth of population and life standard improvement is the cause of the needs which increase significantly...