INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PEDAGOGY OF SOCIAL STUDIES, 4 (2), 2019, 39-44
39 | International Journal Pedagogy of Social Studies. Vol.4 | No.2 | 2019
The Implementation of Kang Pisman Program to Improving Students`
Ecological Intelligence
Anindya Rosalina
1
, Dadang Sundawa
2
, Asep Mulyadi
3
Social Studies Education Study Program, Faculty of Social Science Education
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract. This study was structured to find out the improvement of the ecological intelligence of students
in SMP Negeri 10 Bandung after the implementation of the Kang Pisman program. In the school
environment, the problem of rubbish becomes difficult to overcome because students who use plastic for
daily snacks still dominate, even though trash bins are provided, not a few of them still throw garbage in
their place, which then becomes one of the causes of discomfort on the school environment where they
study. The researcherswere interested to find out Kang Pisman implementation process and its influence
on students. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques
through observation and interviews. The subjects in this study were divided into 3 categories namely the
coach of the Kang Pisman program, students who were members of Kang Pisman, and students who were
not members of Kang Pisman. The results of observations and interviews show that the students' ecological
intelligence program has increased significantlyafter the implementation of Kang Pisman program so far,
as seen from the habits of students to separate the increased waste, also in reducing waste where students
are accustomed to bringing tumblers or lunch boxes to school, and to utilize garbage in general, students
have participated in the effort even though they have not directly contributed to their activities, namely
visiting the garbage bank and making regular work. Besides, investigated from several schools that the
researchers observed, the implementation of Kang Pisman in SMP Negeri 10 Bandung was carried out well.
This study concluded that Kang Pisman program implementation improves the students’ ecological
intelligence, although in some aspects ,students who are members of Kang Pisman experienced an increase
in ecological intelligence more than non-members of Kang Pisman because of the variety of activities
carried out more than students who are not members of Kang Pisman.
Keywords: Implementation, Kang Pisman Program, Ecological Intelligence
Correspondence. anindyaroro@gmail.com
Article History. Received July 2019, Received in revised September 2019, Accepted December 2019
©2019. International Journal Pedagogy of Social Studies. Department of Social Studies
A. INTRODUCTION
The rubbish problem becomes
difficult to overcome in school environment,
because there are still many students who
use plastic for daily snacks. Eventhough the
trash bins are provided, not a few of them are
still throwing garbage out of place, and this
then becomes one of the causes of
discomfort to the school environment where
they study. Then, to overcome these
problems, both the government and the
school have often made programs related to
the resolution of waste problems. These
programs sometimes run well only at the
beginning of the implementation because
both of the students will feel bored
increasingly, while the teacher as a
facilitator will feel run out of ideas to run the
program.
If we look to some developed
countries like Japan and South Korea that
have succeeded in overcoming this waste
problem, the peoplehave taught the children
from a young age and even young children
to live environmentally friendly. In Japan
itself, children have been invited to be able
to sort waste or separate organic and non-
organic waste so that it is easy to recycle it.
Then in South Korea the government created
a program called "Pay as Your Trash" which
is a program to manage food waste where the
community is required to separate food
waste from its packaging to be processed
with special tools.Nevertheless, what is
more interesting is that people have to pay
for each waste that is they dispose of it, and
that has proven to be quite helpful in
overcoming the problem of waste because
the community has begun to reduce waste