Environmental damage is evident from a small
sample of garbage that is seen scattered on the streets,
schools, even in rivers. Air pollution, floods,
landslides, forest fires, water pollution and other
environmental damage are concrete evidence of the
erosion of human awareness of environmental
preservation. The attitude of hedonism, exploitation
and the loss of human awareness of environmental
preservation are the result of the positivism paradigm
that has been inherent in humans so far who views
nature as an object that can be exploited as desired
and is not sacred. Since the end of the 17th century,
scientists intensified the degradation of nature into a
mechanistic knowledge.
Nature is seen as a machine that has a regular
system, and its parts are intended as natural laws that
are deduced through rational thinking and verified
using experiments. At this time nature was no longer
regarded as a living organization, but was only seen
as an object that could be exploited and manipulated
then the findings of modern technology are
increasingly advanced as a result of this positivistic-
mechanistic view.
The development of this increasingly advanced
technology strengthens the position of man in his
position as the "ruler of nature" with the various
riches contained in it. In the next stage, it is man's
superior attitude towards nature that provides many
opportunities for human beings themselves to destroy
various kinds of environmental settings.
Dualistic arising between spiritual and material,
subject and object, is a serious consequence of the
dominance of the above view, which then results in
for example the arbitrary and excessive
objectification of nature and the exploitation of the
natural world at the limit. In the view of positivism,
nature is not seen as something sacred but is seen as
an object that can be exploited as desired. From here
then a phenomenon called the ecological crisis
occurs.
On the other hand, this view also tends to position
humans as objects, and engineered society functions
as a machine, causing human values to be lost, or
often referred to as inhuman humans. Furthermore,
this view of knowledge that is empirical, rational and
positive is the highest standard of truth, so that moral
and religious values are then ignored. The result arise
religious moral disorientation which ultimately leads
to mental depression, violence and destruction of the
environment.
The positivism paradigm for nature clearly must
be changed, because if not, then there will continue to
be environmental damage caused by human activities.
The positivism paradigm of nature can be
changed, one of which is by presenting the Islamic
concept of the environment and several cornerstones
of contemporary scholarly Muslim science
epistemology by applying the right learning model.
Because the environmental damage that occurs comes
from the crisis of human understanding that is wrong
with nature, and the world of education which is
considered as the right place to change that
understanding for the better with the right learning
model. In the technical order, the selection and use of
the right learning model determines success in
fostering knowledge, fostering awareness and
realizing the ability of students to preserve the
environment. Learning Model of Problem Based
Writing with Peer Review is present as a learning
model that is considered appropriate in achieving
successful learning in environmental management.
Finally grow students become human beings who are
able to preserve the environment.
If we see from various aspects, PW-PR learning
model has advantages and disadvantages, but in
general the PW-PR learning model is more able to
improve cognitive and affective competency of
students compared to conventional / traditional
learning. The characteristics of the PW-PR learning
model are unique, causing this learning model to be
categorized into an effective learning model in an
effort to overcome environmental damage even to the
level of environmental management and preservation
efforts. The characteristics of the unique PW-PR
learning model have a variety of distinctive
characteristics in each step of their learning. First,
PW-PR learning model can train students to solve
problems through systematic and scientific thinking.
Second, Problem-Based Writing trains students to
explain thoughts as well as express cognitive
structures that arise from their understanding into
written form. Third, peer review or peer review can
enrich students 'knowledge of the material being
studied and sharpen and require students to have more
knowledge because they are required to respond to
friends' answers.
Learning using PW-PR strongly demands the
active role of students, because educators only act as
facilitators when students solve problems and
conduct peer-reviews. Educators only provide
reinforcement of concepts and overcome
misconceptions at the end of learning. Conventional
learning models are more teacher-centered, so
conventional learning models do not provide
opportunities and facilities for students to develop
their own knowledge and there is no opportunity to
play an active role in the learning process.