Training Materials for Elementary Schools Social Sciences Teacher Forum

Abstract

Subject teacher forum activities, especially in social sciences subjects at the elementary school level,
have not shown significant changes in improving teacher abilities. Based on this, this research aims to
develop materials for elementary schools social sciences teacher forum. This type of research is
development research (Research and Development or R&D) by adapting two research and
development models, namely the Borg and Gall model and the Dick and Carey model. The research
subjects involved 3 experts who assessed the training materials: material experts, design experts, and
language experts. The research respondents were social sciences teacher forum administrators or
managers, instructors or resource persons, and 20 teachers. The techniques used in collecting data
were observation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. The instrument used to collect data
was a questionnaire sheet. The techniques used for data analysis are qualitative and quantitative
descriptive analysis. The research results, namely the results of validity tests by learning material
experts, obtained an average value of 3.58 (valid). The assessment by the training materials design
expert was 3.75 (valid). The assessment from language experts is 3.57 (valid). The effectiveness test
results obtained an average value from the calculation results, namely 4.27 (very effective). It was
concluded that the social sciences teacher forum training materials were declared suitable for use. It
indicates that the training materials are very effective for use in the social sciences teacher forum. The
implication of this research is that the MGMP IPS training materials developed can be used to improve
teacher abilities.