Empowering Teachers and Shaping Students: Enhancing Character Internalization through Read Aloud Training

Abstract

Abstract. This study was done as part of a community service project to determine the possibility that Read Aloud training improves the ability of teachers to foster positive character traits in their students. The community service program is being carried out in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, at one of the Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Kindergartens. The data were gathered using a pretest as well as a posttest, and the Wilcoxon test was used to analyze the data. Training in reading out loud was the intervention that was provided to the responders between the pretest and the posttest. Accordingly, the responses were taken from five kindergarten teachers. Consequently, read-aloud training is an effective method for enhancing the capacity of teachers to engage in read-aloud activities in order to instill moral values in their students. The program has the potential to provide teachers with the strategies and abilities necessary to read a book with passion, establish emotional connections with students, and conduct dialogues that stimulate critical thinking and reflection