From Waste to Environmental Awareness: The Relationship Between Waste Sorting Activities and the Naturalistic Intelligence of Children Aged 4–6 Years
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https://doi.org/10.26877/paudia.v15i1.3039Keywords:
Naturalist Intelligence, Waste Sorting Activities, Environmental Education, Early Childhood EducationAbstract
The minimal implementation of environmental education in early childhood learning poses a challenge amidst the increasing urgency of waste management in Indonesia, particularly in West Java. One meaningful simple approach is the habituation of waste sorting activities implemented from an early age. This study aims to analyze the relationship between waste sorting activities and the naturalist intelligence of children aged 4 – 6 years at PAUD Nurul Amal, Bandung City. This study uses a quantitative approach with a correlational design involving 40 children selected through cluster random sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured observation sheet containing indicators of waste sorting activities and naturalist intelligence, and then analyzed through normality tests, linearity tests, and Spearman Rank correlation. The research results show a significant positive relationship between waste sorting activities and children's naturalist intelligence (r = 0.239; ρ < 0.05), although the strength of the relationship is classified as weak with a contribution of 5.71%. The novelty in this study lies in the use of waste sorting activities as a form of concrete and measurable environmental habituation in the context of Early Childhood Education. These findings indicate that simple environmental activities can serve as an initial stimulus in fostering ecological sensitivity in early childhood, as well as providing practical implications for early childhood educators and theoretical contributions to the study of early childhood naturalistic intelligence.
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