The Scientific Approach-Based Convertible Book as the Media to Improve Nationalism Character

In the globalization era, nationalism is one of the important characters to be owned by the next generation. Nationalism character building in education is expected to take the role as the fortress of a country towards various negative globalization impacts. This research aims to develop a needs assessment on thematic learning towards nationalism character building as the initial data for using scientific learning-based convertible book. The method used in this research was survey. The data of the research were collected through observation, interview, and questionnaire. The subjects of this research were 30 teachers and 150 fourth grade students. The results of the interview show that teachers used the lecture technique and advice to build nationalism, but it was considered as less effective to build nationalism for students. Then, the results of the questionnaires show that students did not understand the diversities. Based on the observation, it is found that learning only focused on teacher and student handbook without any optimum use of media. Therefore, it is suggested that scientific-based printed media, according to the 2013 curriculum is needed as a supporting facility which helps nationalism character building for students. Keywords—media, convertible book, scientific approach, nationalism