PAPUA CONTEXTUAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM CONTAINS WITH INDIGENOUS SCIENCE (ETHNOPEDAGOGY STUDY AT MALIND TRIBE MERAUKE)

This study aims to analyze the potential and needs of Papua's contextual science curriculum based on indigenous Malind tribal science data. The study was carried out using an ethopedic approach. Ethnopedagogy is a learning approach by incorporating elements of local wisdom into learning so that learning becomes more meaningful. The researcher tried to make an analysis of the potential and needs of integrating indigenous Malind science into the Papua contextual science curriculum. From the results of the research conducted, it was found that the integration of indigenous Malid science in the Papua contextual science curriculum was very necessary. Aside from being a step in the preservation of the indigenous science (local wisdom) of the Malind tribe, this study is expected to be able to change the student paradigm of science learning. So far science has been considered a complicated subject. But by integrating original science in science learning at school will make students discover the benefits of learning science. Learning like this makes the role of the teacher only as a facilitator and mediator in understanding the essential concepts of science learning. While students are given the opportunity to develop other concepts.