A Need Analysis in Developing Interactive Digital Teaching Materials Using Contextual Approach in Microeconomic Theory Course

Teaching materials are an important component in supporting the learning process. To develop teaching materials needs to consider various aspects, one of which is the selection of teaching materials based on students’ needs. This research was aimed to determine the teaching materials needed to be developed in the Microeconomic Theory course according to students’ needs. Later, the results of the need analysis will be taken into consideration for researchers to identify the types of teaching materials and materials that need to be developed in interactive digital teaching materials in future research. This research used qualitative descriptive research carried out in the Economics Education Study Program of FKIP, Sriwijaya University. Interviews, observations, and questionnaires were used for data collections. Based on the results of the research, it was found that as many as 42.9% of students had difficulty in understanding some of the materials in the Microeconomic Theory course depending on the levels of difficulty of the materials. In addition, the most difficult material was the theory of cost, which was 82.1%. Furthermore, 94.4% of students agreed that an interactive digital teaching material was developed to support the learning process.