Ghufronudin Ghufronudin, Hastuti Hastuti, Efianingrum Ariefa
Local wisdom-based ecopedagogy learning approach plays a strategic role in growing critical consciousness and environmental care behavior among students. This research aims to explore the effect of local wisdom-based ecopedagogy learning approach on students’ critical consciousness and environmental care behavior in the context of Sociology learning in Senior High School Sequential mixed method approach is used by collecting quantitative data through online questionnaire distributed to 644 students coming from many provinces in Indonesia and qualitative data through in-depth interview with Sociology teachers. The result of research shows a positive significant correlation between students’ critical consciousness and environmental care behavior (b = 0.869, p < 0.05b = 0.869), where 61.3% of behavior variability is explained by the students’ critical consciousness level (R2=0.613). Qualitative data supports the quantitative finding indicating that teachers applied some learning strategies: environmental project, case study, activity out of classroom, and interactive discussion to give meaningful experience encouraging the students to think critically and to take real action to care for the environmental problem. This research also identifies the challenges faced by teachers in the implementation of local wisdom-based ecopedagogy learning approach including limited module as learning reference, limited practical training for the teachers, and limited time because the curriculum is not flexible. This study contributes theoretically to expanding the literature about ecopedagogy and likewise offers practical recommendation to improve the facilitation of training for teachers and the development of local value-based teaching module for Sociology subject. © 2025 by the author(s). Licensee Acadlore Publishing Services Limited, Hong Kong. This article can be downloaded for free, and reused and quoted with a citation of the original published version, under the CC BY 4.0 license.
The Graduate School, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, 55598, Indonesia; Sociology Anthropology Education Department, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia; Geography Education Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Political Science, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, 55598, Indonesia; Education Policy Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, 55598, Indonesia
