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Journal JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia)JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia) Abstract

High school students need to be introduced to and trained in system thinking skills as one of the implementations of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This study aimed to develop high school students systems thinking skills through ESD-laden project-based learning on environmental change material. A pre-experimental method was applied with the One Group Pretest Posttest Design to 35 class X high school students in Bandung Regency who were selected by non-random sampling. The data were collected through open questions to evaluate students systems thinking skills and were processed by scoring student answers based on the rubric for assessing system thinking skills. The N-Gain value was calculated to determine the magnitude of the increase in students systems thinking skills before and after learning. The results showed that the N-Gain value was 0.64, which means that students systems thinking skills moderately developed after project-based learning containing ESD. The development of system thinking skills can train students to change paradigms to view a problem from various perspectives to find a sustainable solution, encouraging them to pay more attention to their activities and take more responsible actions.

Conclusion

The study concluded that ESD-laden project-based learning of environmental change can moderately develop high school students system thinking skills.It is recommended that teachers utilize the tested lesson plans and worksheets to enhance students systems thinking abilities.Further research is needed to explore the skills in different student levels and to develop specific measurement tools like concept maps and sustainability literacy tests.

Future Research

Based on the studys findings and limitations, future research should investigate the effectiveness of incorporating digital technology, such as online sustainability literacy tests and platforms, to enhance students systems thinking skills and connect classroom learning to real-world environmental issues. Furthermore, exploring the development of entrepreneurial skills linked to sustainability, such as waste recycling initiatives, could provide students with practical applications of their knowledge and foster a sense of responsibility. Finally, research should focus on developing more detailed and comprehensive guiding questions to better reveal students systems thinking abilities and explore the hierarchical relationships among the twelve identified indicators of systems thinking.

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