Feasibility Analysis of Global Perspective Textbook Used in Primary School Teacher Education Department, Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University, Indonesia

Abstract

A global perspective is a very important lesson to be taught at primary, secondary and tertiary education levels. However, a global perspective is only given at the higher education level. Apart from that, teaching a global perspective really requires supporting facilities and infrastructure, one of which is textbooks. The Global Perspective textbook can increase students' knowledge about the world, train students' sensitivity and concern for world developments in all its aspects, encourage students to know more about global problems/issues, and train analytical critical thinking as global citizens. The objectives of this research are: (1) To determine the feasibility of global perspective textbook content used in lectures at PGSD UST; (2) to determine the feasibility of the language aspects of the Global Perspective book used in lectures at PGSD UST. This research was conducted at PGSD Sarajanawiyata Tamansiswa University, Yogyakarta which was carried out in June-October 2023. This research used a qualitative method with a descriptive approach using content analysis techniques. Data collection uses direct observation techniques, reading, marking and documentation. Data collection instruments used book content feasibility sheets and language feasibility observation sheets. Data analysis includes observation data analysis of the appropriateness of the book's content and appropriateness of the language, analysis of the readability level of reference books based on the Fry Chart. The results of this research are: (1) In terms of content feasibility, the Global Perspective textbook by Dwi Wijayanti has 75% conformity with CMPK and 80% with Sub-CPMK which is in the feasible category. (2) from a linguistic perspective, several grammatical errors were found in both Indonesian and English texts. Linguist validation results showed that 22 spelling errors were found for the Indonesian text and 4 errors were found for the English text. The results of the readability level using Fry graphic analysis show that based on the 10 paragraphs analyzed, it was found that 4 samples met the appropriate criteria (40%) and 6 samples met the difficult criteria (60%). Meanwhile, for English texts with the same paragraph content, it was found that 6 samples (60%) met the difficult criteria and 4 samples (40%) met the appropriate criteria