PROFIL PERSPEKTIF SOSIOKULTURAL MAHASISWA DALAM BERARGUMENTASI PADA MATA KULIAH BIOLOGI DASAR

Abstract

Research has been conducted to determine the profile of the sociocultural perspective of students in arguing on Basic Biology course. The description of the sociocultural perspective is needed as a basis for the development of argumentation skills in the classroom, as one of the demands of 21st century science education. Data was collected through audio-visual recording, followed by transcription of course. A total of 235 students and 3 lecturers involved as research subjects. The results showed that sociocultural perspective of students in arguing is undeveloped. Discourse move that emerged during the learning process are information seeking, expositional, and oppositional, whereas no supportive. Although the type of open-ended questions arised more than closed questions, however, discourse explanation was still dominated by lecturers than students. Likewise, clarifications were given mainly by lecturers, while students gave no clarification. A serious effort should be made to develop a sociocultural perspective in arguing through appropriate learning strategies in order to improve student argumentation skills.

Keywords : sociocultural perspective, argumentation, the basic, biology course