The use of inaturalist on learning courses of zoology vertebrates for prospective biology teachers

Hernawati, Diana and Chaidir, Diki Muhammad and Meylani, Vita The use of inaturalist on learning courses of zoology vertebrates for prospective biology teachers. -.

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Abstract

Abstract. Applications based on the current living creatures are already a lot on the internet, but there are still few who utilize the application as a source of learning. This research aims to know the response of prospective biological teachers and effectiveness of iNaturalist applications. The research method used is qualitative descriptive. The population in this study is all students in Biology education department in one of university in East Priangan, Indonesia which contracted the course of zoology vertebrates of the academic year 2018/2019 with the sampling used is the total sampling. The data used in this research form the data of exploration of students to various surrounding animals in Tasikmalaya, both animals in the wild, zoos, and pets as well as student response questionnaires. The results showed that there were 5488 observations with the most uploaded animals, Felis domestica (234 Observations). The Data shows students tend to search for animals that are only around them and students do more observations in captivity. Despite this, the application contributes well to students, because with the application students learn more about the taxonomy of vertebrate’s animals and the opportunity to know with scientists and citizen science from various fields around the world. Keywords: inaturalist, vertebrates, prospective biology teachers

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