ANALYSIS OF ETHNOSCIENCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF EXPLORATORY LEARNING IN GRADE IV SARENG 02 MADIUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of ethnoscience in IPAS in terms of the concept of exploratory learning. The type of research is descriptive qualitative. The source of data is IPAS learning activities on the material of plant sources of future life. Data collection through: observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The results of the study are IPAS learning with an exploratory approach has stages: preparation, including the implementation of diagnostic assessments, formulating open questions; discovery stage, through learning with an inductive approach; exploration stage of new concept application, through data validation with reference book matching techniques and summative assessment. The assessment results showed an increase in the average results of diagnostic assessment with summative assessment from 56.76 to 90.40 or an increase of 33.64. The conclusion of the research is that IPAS learning through exploration learning has been able to improve students' knowledge.