摘要：This research based article was aimed at explaining the effect of Contextual
Teaching and Learning and Problem Based Learning on the establishment of
Ecological Competence in Civic Education in Junior High School. It was a
quasi-experiment research with pretest-posttest control group design. The
population was student grade VII of SMP Negeri 2 Surakarta. The sample was
chosen randomly, consist of one classroom as experimental group and another
classroom as control group. Instrument for collecting data were test,
questionnaire, and observation. It can be concluded that the establishment of
ecological competence among junior high school students though through
contextual teaching and learning are more effective than those who were though
by problem based learning and conventional one. It was indicated by the result
of one way anova Fcount >Ftable (24.031>3.11) and P=0.000<0.05).
关键词：ecological competence; contextual teaching and learning; problem based
learning
