Preliminary Study on the Development of ESD Learning Design for the Topic of Extracting Natural Food Coloring from Fruit Peels

Abstract

ESD is an educational approach that includes social, economic and environmental aspects. One of the significant environmental challenges is the increasing amount of organic waste. Utilization of organic waste into value-added products is one solution to overcome the problem of organic waste accumulation. Extraction is one method that can be used in processing organic waste. The integration of ESD in chemistry learning design can provide multiple benefits, namely increasing students' understanding of chemistry materials while equipping skills to overcome environmental problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of prospective chemistry teachers about the relationship between the topic of extracting pigments from fruit peels as natural dyes with the principles which are an important part of the Sustainable Development Goals. This study used a quantitative approach with simple random sampling. The method in this research is survey. The data collection instrument used a questionnaire distributed to 32 respondents at universities in Bandung. The results of the learning design research on the topic of extraction pigment from fruit skin as a natural dye showed that: 66.7% of students strongly agreed that the topic is an interesting context to be applied in chemistry learning, 63.9% of students strongly agreed that the topic is by current environmental issues, 58.3% of students strongly agreed that the topic meets the ESD goal of improving the community's economy, and 61.1% of students strongly agreed that the topic suitable with the ESD goal of creating a friendly environment.