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Natural Science Learning Based on Technology For 
Students to Prepare For 4.0-Era Education 
 
Siwi Purwanti 
Primary School Teacher Education Study Program 
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 
Yogyakarta, Indonesia 
siwi.purwanti@pgsd.uad.ac.id
Abstract—
 
College Students of Primary School Teacher 
Education, Ahmad Dahlan University are the younger 
generation who will contribute in building civilization in 
education, especially after they graduate and apply knowledge 
in the elementary school world. For this reason, lecturers need 
to provide knowledge in accordance with the educational 
development in the 4.0 era. The education world that will enter 
the industrial era 4.0 means that lecturers must prepare college 
students to be more literate in technology, so that later when 
they go to the school world they can teach with good 
technology. The way the lecturers prepare students is by doing 
the SETS (science, environment, technology, and society) 
approach in learning, natural science learning with online 
modules, doing IT training for college students, and WhatsApp 
online classes.
Keywords—
natural science learning, technology, era 4.0 
I. 
I
NTRODUCTION 
Education is an important thing in human life. Education 
is the main foundation in managing, printing, and improving 
high-quality human resources [1]. One of the education form 
that can be taken is through university courses. Ahmad 
Dahlan University, especially the Primary School Teacher 
Education Study Program has a Natural Science course. The 
Natural Science course is very important because there are 
many things that can be learned about everyday life and the 
surrounding environment.
Natural Science has three dimensions, which are 
processes, scientific attitudes, and products. The processes in 
Natural Science can be done through learning, as well as 
observations and research in natural environment. Science 
process skill have been described as mental and physical 
abilities and competencies which serve as tool needed for the 
effective study of science and technology as well as problem-
solving, individual and societal development [2]. The 
scientific attitudes of Natural Science are curiosity, an open 
attitude towards new discoveries, and experimentation. One 
of the products of Natural Science is technology, therefore 
Natural Science is closely related to technology. Especially 
now in the 21st century where technology is developing 
fastly. Lecturers and college-students must be mastering the 
technology so as not be outdated. The present tertiary 
students aged between 18 to 23 years old and they belong to 
the Generation -Z (Gen Z) who are so revolutionized by 
technology. The learning preference of the Gen Z students is 
different students from the previous generation as they are 
more hands-on and directly involved in the learning process. 
[3].
People call the Nowadays Technology development era 
as the 4.0 era or industrial revolution. Industrial Revolution 
emerged many improvements in manufacturing and service 
systems. Because of remarkable and rapid changes appeared 
in manufacturing and information technology, synergy 
aroused from the integration of the advancements in 
information technology, services and manufacturing were 
realized 4]. The academics, such as lecturers and college-
students must understand it well, even following the 4.0 era. 
The educational challenge in the industrial revolution 4.0 era 
are changes in students’ way of learning, thinking patterns, 
and ways of acting in developing creative innovations in 
various fields. The future of education is more important to 
know why you need something, built around each individual, 
their personal choice of where and how to learn, and tracking 
of performance through data-based customization,and 
learning together and from each other – peer to peer learning 
will dominate, teachers more as facilitators, of communities 
built around shared learning and aspiration [5]. For this 
reason, it is important to prepare the college-students to 
become an important part of 4.0 era. There are several ways 
that lecturers can do in preparing college-students to face 4.0 
era, including learning SETS (science, environment, 
technology, and society) approach in learning, science 
learning with online modules, doing IT training for college-
students, and WhatsApp online classes. 
II. M
ETHOD
The method used in this paper was literature review, by 
carried out theoretical studies on the relevant research, 
journals, and books. This research started from studying 
Natural Science learning, technology, 4.0 era, STE approach 
in science learning, and online modules. Then formulated a 
concept on how to prepare students to face 4.0 era. Data 
analysis techniques were carried out by evaluating and 
reflecting on the results of theoretical studies and relevant 
research.
III. D
ISCUSSION