Alfi Sahrina, Heni Masruroh, Purwanto, Fatiya Rosyida, Muhammad Sainul Fadlan, Mohammad Ainul Labib
Geography learning was mostly conducted classically, inside the classrooms. Its theories and materials were commonly presented by giving stimulus or problems which exist in the surrounding area. Meanwhile, deep learning can be conducted through contextual studies outside the classroom by performing observation directly. Contextual studies for the learners can use the fieldwork method to explain in detail about materials or problems that exist in surrounding area. The aims of this research are to determine the potential landscape that can be used as a fieldwork-based geography learning starting from the geography curriculum in Indonesia, and to apply the contextual study on geography learning through fieldwork in Sumbermanjing Wetan. The method used to meet the first objective was conducting a survey to determine the potential locations for learning based on each location’s characteristics, which later correlated to the students’ basic competence to achieve learning goals. To meet the second objective of study, the researchers performed a pre-experimental design: one such case study was conducted through fieldwork in locations that had been pre-determined/ mapped. The result of this study showed that there are locations that can be used in fieldwork-based geography learning, such as peak hills, alluvial plains, springs, fishery areas, mangrove ecosystems. Each has different characteristics that can be used in geography learning. Various aspects in basic competence were included in fieldwork location study. Each student actively contributed to fieldwork-based learning in locations that had been mapped to learn about facts and conditions of the sites, so they could deeply analyse the phenomenon that took place there. The activeness of students could be seen from the problem identification process through to the observation activity, from their participation in discussion, to simple experiments on study sites. © 2025, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy. All rights reserved.
Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, State University of Malang, No. 5, Semarang Street, East Java, Malang, Indonesia; Social Studies Education, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, State University of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
