Model Pelaksanaan Gerakan Literasi Sekolah di Sekolah Dasar

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study describe the implementation of school literacy movement consisting of its habituation, development and learning and obstacles in SD Muhammadiyah 4 of Surabaya. Habituation stage covers literacy activities habituation, supporting facilities, creating a literacy-rich environment, and public involvement. Development stage covers habits of literacy activities, literacy activities supporting program, educators and education force in literacy activities, school literacy team and professional literacy development for educator and education force. Learning stage includes the use of enrichment book, textbook selection, responding to the text activities, and facilities utilization in learning. The research findings showed that the implementation of school literacy movement ran optimally. During its implementation, there were some obstacles such as the time to conduct the literacy activities, the availability of reading materials in the class, and diminishing commitment of the teachers to run the literacy activities inside the class along with the changing policy of the literacy habituation from the headmaster.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Studi ini mendeskripsikan tentang pelaksanaan gerakan literasi sekolah yang terdiri dari pembiasaan, pengembangan dan pembelajaran dan kendalanya di SD Muhammadiyah 4 Kota Surabaya. Dalam tahap pembiasaan meliputi pembiasaan kegiatan literasi, penyediaan sarana dan prasarana, pengadaan lingkungan kaya teks dan pelibatan publik. Tahap pengembangan, meliputi kebiasaan kegiatan literasi, program pendukung kegiatan literasi, partisipasi pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan dalam kegiatan literasi, tim literasi sekolah, dan pengembangan profesional literasi bagi pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan. Tahap pembelajaran, meliputi penggunaan buku pengayaan, pemilihan buku teks pembelajaran, kegiatan menanggapi teks, pemanfaatan sarana dan prasarana dalam pembelajaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan gerakan literasi sekolah berjalan optimal, namun masih terdapat kendala dalam pelaksanaannya, seperti masalah waktu pelaksanaan kegiatan literasi, berkurangnya koleksi baca di dalam kelas, dan berkurangnya komitmen guru dalam melaksanakan kegiatan pembiasaan membaca di kelas bersamaan dengan berubahnya kebijakan dari kepala sekolah atas pentingnya pembiasaan literasi untuk siswa.

The Effect of Learners’ Autonomous Textbook Selection on Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Speaking Ability

The ability to employ the language as a communicational tool often serves as a measure of one’s speaking success in the language learning class. This research sought to investigate the effect of learners’ autonomous textbook selection on the speaking ability of Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) learners. Moreover, finding and analyzing factors considered by the learners in selecting the textbooks were another aim of this research. Sixty Iranian intermediate EFL learners from the Simin Language Institute in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran, were selected as the participants of the study based on their scores on Oxford Placement Test. This test determines the level of the students’ English proficiency. These participants were randomly assigned into the control and experimental groups. An interview procedure was run as their pretest. The experimental group studied from their selected books, besides the researcher’s teaching in the class. After 16 sessions, a posttest, the same as the pretest, was run as well. The quantitative results indicated the superior performance of the experimental group over the control group. Furthermore, an analysis of the Litz’s (2000) questionnaire shows that learners considered criteria such as practical considerations, layout and design, activities, skills, language type, subject and content of the selected books.

A Thorough Scrutiny of ELT Textbook Evaluations: A Review Inquiry

It is thoroughly agreed that English language textbooks stand amongst the foremost components in any language classrooms worldwide, being referred to as valid, beneficial and labor-saving tools to fulfill an extensive range of needs. An ELT textbook is not merely a set of sheets of paper fastened together to hinge at one side, but is the beating heart of any education system whereupon the whole learning revolves. Notwithstanding their interminable benefits, it is admitted that still the compiled textbooks, especially the ones prescribed in Educational systems have to be evaluated and assessed to confirm whether they fulfil the objectives they are meant for or not, as it is said no perfect textbook exists. Having dealt with evaluation in general, this research meticulously elaborates on textbook evaluation more specifically concluding that there is a dearth of inquiry on textbook selection and evaluation. Afterwards, this research introduces the most common approaches for evaluating ELT textbooks and materials. The paper culminates with concluding remarks and implications, hoping to shed light on how textbook evaluation is practiced worldwide.

Cultural Diversity in Introductory Psychology Textbook Selection: The Case for Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs)

The present study describes a culturally relevant approach to introductory psychology textbook selection for students attending a historically Black college/university (HBCU). The following multistage procedure was used: (1) a survey of HBCU psychology departments was conducted to ascertain how they selected their introductory psychology textbooks; (2) a review of the literature on introductory psychology textbook selection was performed to identify criteria; and (3) rating criteria were developed; used in the actual selection of a textbook for HBCU students; and were subjected to psychometric analysis. The psychometric analyses of 240 ratings (10 criteria X 4 raters X 6 books) involved both reliability assessment of the scale with the selection criteria as items and interrater reliability in evaluating introductory psychology textbooks. The survey of HBCU faculty yielded no consensus or systematic process from the respondents. Both internal consistency reliability and agreement among faculty were adequate on the rating instrument for the total scores and subscale scores of Quality of Learning Resources and Learning and Comprehension. However, the subscale scores for Cultural Relevance yielded mixed results by type of reliability: Interrater agreement was adequate but internal consistency reliability was poor. Future research using multiple methodologies must address the relevancy of cultural diversity for introductory psychology courses

A escolha do livro didático de língua estrangeira do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático

Resumo Este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar os critérios utilizados pelos professores de Língua Estrangeira das escolas públicas para selecionar o livro didático (LD) do Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD). O PNLD abrange o componente curricular de Língua Estrangeira desde 2011. Estudos anteriores (SARMENTO; SILVA, 2012; 2013) investigaram aspectos relacionados ao PNLD nas escolas, sem, contudo, detalhar o processo de escolha realizado pelos professores. Acreditamos que esta pesquisa seja relevante para alguns segmentos: 1) os professores, que poderão refletir sobre sua prática; 2) as editoras, que poderão repensar a divulgação dos seus materiais; 3) o próprio PNLD como forma de acompanhar o desenvolvimento do programa nas escolas. Foram analisados questionários realizados com professores de inglês e espanhol. Concluiu-se que a maioria dos professores tem realizado uma seleção impressionista (CUNNINGSWORTH, 1995) do LD devido à falta de tempo para se dedicar a uma avaliação criteriosa e ao desconhecimento dos recursos disponíveis para auxiliar na escolha, como, por exemplo, o Guia do Livro Didático. Palavras-chave: Livro didático. Programa Nacional do Livro Didático. Seleção de livro didático. Abstract This paper aims to investigate the criteria used by foreign language teachers in public schools to choose the textbook (LD) from the National Textbook Program (PNLD). The PNLD has encompassed foreign languages since 2011. Previous studies (SARMENTO; SILVA, 2012; 2013) have investigated aspects related to the use of PNLD in schools; however, these studies did not investigate textbook choice. We believe this research is relevant to the: 1) teachers who will be able to reflect on their own practice; 2) publishers who may rethink the advertising of materials; 3) PNLD as a way to monitor the development of the program in schools. We analyzed questionnaires conducted with foreign language teachers and concluded that most teachers have chosen a textbook following an impressionistic fashion (CUNNINGSWORTH, 1995) due to lack of time for evaluation and of knowledge about the resources available to assist in their choice as, for example, the textbook guide. Keywords: Textbook. National Program of Textbook. Textbook selection.