Environmental Education in New Normal: Senior High School PEB-COVID-19
Ilmi Zajuli Ichsan(a*), Mohammad Fahmi Nugraha(a), Amiruddin(a), Agung Purwanto(a), Henita Rahmayanti(a), Nadiroh(a), Hafid Abbas(a), Ahman Sya(a), Edi Kurniawan(b), Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh(c), Md. Mehadi Rahman(d)

a) Department of Environmental Education, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia

b) Department of Geography Education, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia

c) Department of English Language and Literature, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia

d) Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

*email: ilmizajuli95[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Environmental education in 21st century during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires an implementation effort to protect the environment. One of them is by implementing e-learning and Pro-Environmental Behavior of COVID-19 (PEB-COVID-19). The purposes of this study were to describe e-learning and measure students^ PEB-COVID-19 scores during the New Normal COVID-19. The research method used was descriptive with survey technique. The sample used included 172 high school students from Bekasi city and its surroundings. The results showed that students opined that e-learning helped the learning during COVID-19 (54.07%), whereas the majority of media utilized was Google classroom (66.86%). The results of the PEB-COVID-19 measurement indicated that students^ behavior in general was categorized as very high (85.80). It suggested that environmental education played an important role in preventing COVID-19. Various e-learning facilities need to be improved to support environmental education during the COVID-19 era. The study concluded that environmental learning regarding COVID-19 must be improved in terms of e-learning so that PEB-COVID-19 students can also improve.

Keywords: COVID-19, e-learning, new normal

Topic: Education