Ecological Intelligence in Local Wisdom of The Tengger Tribe as Learning Sources of Social Studies

: The Tengger tribe has local wisdom as a form of ecological intelligence in minimizing natural damage. Local wisdom is important to be bequeathed to the next generation, but the current globalization hampers the process of inheriting these values. Education, in this case, Social Studies subjects, is heavily responsible for internalizing these noble values. This article was written based on the results of a qualitative descriptive study that explored the potential of the local wisdom of the Tengger people related to ecological intelligence. Based on the research results, the people of the Tengger Tribe have wisdom in managing land, forests/trees, and water. Local wisdom, a form of ecological intelligence, can be adopted as a Social Studies learning resource in junior high schools in the Merdeka Curriculum. The research results are expected to be used as a reference in developing Social Studies learning based on local culture.


INTRODUCTION
The Tengger tribe is a group of people who inhabit the slopes of Mount Bromo and Semeru, which are included in the Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru (TNBTS) area. TNBTS is currently one of the most visited tourist attractions in East Java. The impact of tourism development can directly or indirectly affect the social, cultural, economic, and natural environmental aspects of the community around tourist attractions (Oktavia, 2021;Hamzah, 2018;Yusuf, 2020).
The problems and challenges to the Tengger natural environment are thus very complex. Intelligence that relies on intellectual abilities alone is insufficient to overcome these complex life challenges.
One of the necessary intellegences is ecological intelligence. Ecological intelligence is needed to understand the impact of human actions on the environment (Supriatna, 2017).
Local people own ecological intelligence as an effort to protect the environment. An example of this can be Ali Sunarno & Nana Supriatna, Ecological Intelligence in.......... 11 seen from the ecological intelligence of the Tanggui artisans on the banks of the Barito River (Mutiani, 2021), the ecological intelligence in the Panunggu Rite on Rhun Maluku Island (Farid, 2019), and the ecological intelligence in the Ngaruwat Overtime Tradition in the people of Mandalamekar Village, Cimenyan District, Bandung Regency (Gymnastiar, 2022). This form of community ecological intelligence can become the basis for decision-making in dealing with problems related to preserving the natural environment.
Environmental damage is increasingly widespread with globalization (Yunanto, 2020;Ali, 2020). Globalization also impacts decreasing the existence of local wisdom owned by the community (Konradus, 2018

Local Wisdom
Each region in Indonesia has its uniqueness and contains local wisdom. Ali

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Local wisdom comes from two words: wisdom and local. In general, the local wisdom can be understood as local ideas that are wise, full of wisdom, and of good value, which are embedded and followed by members of the community (Qodariah, 2013;Guests, 2016;Umami, 2017;Anwar, 2017 (Tinja, 2017).
Thus, the nation's noble cultural heritage must be preserved, in which one of the ways is through education.

Tribe toward water
As with forests, the Tengger people must also respect water sources.
This respect manifestation for water sources is then reflected in social and religious norms, leading to forming a legal culture to protect water sources.
These norms are then manifested in the behavior of environmental wisdom in the form of (1)  The Merdeka curriculum is designed to provide flexibility to schools and teachers in carrying out the learning process. This freedom is given so that schools and teachers can explore students' potential and various learning resources in the surrounding environment (Anggara, 2023;Priantini, 2022).  that suit the needs of students and are in accordance with the circumstances and conditions of the school environment. The themes containing local wisdom related to ecological intelligence can be implemented in classroom learning more realistically by developing learning resources and media (Supriatna, 2017). Learning can be done in the classroom using a variety of aids such as films, photographs, audio recordings, and printed materials containing material on local wisdom. Learning can also be done outside the classroom through field visits.
Through this learning design, students will gain knowledge, awareness, as well as skills to implement their ecological intelligence in everyday life. .