Needs analysis for the development of case-based food microbiology teaching materials

Abstract

The availability of teaching materials and learning resources is an important component in a lecture. The purpose of this study was to describe the results of a questionnaire on the needs of teaching materials by students. This study used descriptive qualitative method. Research respondents consisted of 30 students. The research instrument used a case-based needs analysis questionnaire on food microbiology material. Data analysis techniques by describing the data from the questionnaire needs of teaching materials, which are analyzed in detail. The results in this study were that 94% of students still found it difficult to understand learning food microbiology material, as many as 76% of students felt they did not understand food microbiology material only by using references from books. As many as 53% of students stated that the learning resources currently used had not attracted interest in learning food microbiology material, as many as 100% of students said they were happy if food microbiology learning was presented using a variety of learning resources. As many as 71% of students stated that they had not studied food microbiology material based on the cases presented in it. As many as 100% of students wish to have a case-based book on food microbiology material. Based on these results, it can be concluded that case-based teaching materials on food microbiology need to be developed.

Abstrak. Ketersediaan bahan ajar dan sumber belajar adalah salah satu komponen penting dalam sebuah perkuliahan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menguraikan hasil angket kebutuhan bahan ajar oleh mahasiswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Responden penelitian terdiri dari 30 mahasiswa. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan angket analisis kebutuhan bahan ajar berbasis kasus pada materi mikrobiologi pangan. Teknik analisis data dengan menguraikan data hasil  angket kebutuhan bahan ajar, yang dianalisis secara mendetail. Hasil pada penelitian ini adalah 94% mahasiswa masih merasa kesulitan dalam memahami pembelajaran materi mikrobiologi pangan, sebanyak 76% mahasiswa merasa belum memahami materi mikrobiologi pangan hanya dengan menggunakan referensi dari buku. Sebanyak 53% mahasiswa menyatakan sumber belajar yang pakai saat ini belum menarik minat untuk belajar materi mikrobiologi pangan, sebanyak 100% mahasiswa menyatakan senang jika pembelajaran mikrobiologi pangan disajikan dengan menggunakan berbagai sumber belajar yang bervariasi. Sebanyak 71% mahasiswa menyatakan belum mempelajari materi mikrobiologi pangan berdasarkan adanya kasus-kasus yang disampaikan di dalamnya. Sebanyak 100% mahasiswa berkeinginan untuk memiliki buku berbasis kasus pada materi mikrobiologi pangan. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa bahan ajar berbasis kasus materi mikrobiologi pangan perlu dikembangkan.