Development Design of Ecological - Contextual based Learning for Prosocial (ECOPS) in Social Studies Subject in Junior High School in Cimahi

The currently occurring environmental problems are essentially consequences of individuals' disregard of their environment. Through social studies contextualizing ecological issues, efforts to nurture environmental awareness can be made through lessons in schools. This study aims at describing the development of a conceptual learning model dubbed Ecological-Contextual based for Prosocial (ECOPS) in order to foster prosocial behavior of junior high school students in Cimahi as an alternative for social studies learning. This study is a qualitative descriptive study in which interviews are conducted as means of data collection. The objects of this study involved the social studies teachers of junior high schools in the city of Cimahi. The findings of this study indicate that according to the data obtained, there was no learning model employed in social studies that was based on ecology as an attempt to foster students’ prosocial behavior. Therefore, an ecology-based learning model for social studies is needed with the purpose of fostering a sense of prosocial behavior in order to maintain sustainability. The Ecological-Contextual based for Prosocial (ECOPS) model can be used as an alternative for social studies teachers so as to foster students' prosocial behavior.The ECOPS model is an environmental-based social studies learning model that focuses on social interaction to foster the students' caring attitude towards their social environment. Hence, every action and behavior wil