School Literacy Research Articles

Training and Mentoring on Strengthening Literacy and Numeracy in Red Reporting School Learning Recovery

A training and mentoring programmed to strengthen literacy and numeracy in schools with red report cards was implemented as a post-pandemic learning recovery effort. The programmed aims to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of students who are still below national standards, especially in schools with low learning outcomes. Through intensive training, teachers are empowered with pedagogical knowledge and skills to implement effective learning methods that suit learners' needs. This research method uses a qualitative-descriptive approach, collecting data through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The results showed that the training and mentoring programmed succeeded in improving teachers’ competence in teaching and increasing students’ learning motivation. Thus, this programmed is expected to have a positive impact on strengthening teachers' capacity in implementing effective and sustainable learning. The findings provide important recommendations for the government and stakeholders in developing education policies that focus on restoring learning, particularly in low-performing schools.

School Literacy Movement Through Reading Corner at SLB B Yakut Purwokerto

TThe government initiated the School Literacy Movement (in Indonesian: Gerakan Literasi Sekolah or GLS) program in the Merdeka Curriculum as an effort to foster a culture of student literacy. This program requires schools to have a special program to optimize the School Literacy Movement. Meanwhile, there are obstacles in implementing the literacy movement in schools, namely the lack of literacy training for students with special needs in schools and the lack of availability of books at SLB B Yakut. With this reading corner literacy program based on local wisdom, it is hoped that this can be a solution to the problems above. The importance of literacy culture is to develop basic abilities and skills for a person in acquiring knowledge, skills, as well as forming attitudes for deaf-speech students so that they care about local wisdom culture. The purpose of carrying out this service is 1) to describe the implementation of GLS through reading corners and 2) to explain the impact of using local wisdom-based reading corners in SLB B Yakut. Methods for implementing service include: (1) approach methods taken starting from surveys, licensing, and providing motivation to teachers who will take part in training (2) program implementation methods, including the preliminary stage, socialization and audience stages, implementation stage, and monitoring stage and evaluation. As a result of this activity, students with special needs are expected to have literacy habits through reading corners at school. The strategy in the school literacy movement through reading corners prioritizes the affective social environment as a model of literate communication and conditions the physical environment to be literacy-friendly, such as making teachers role models in implementing the school literacy movement.

Library Management Towards the "GLS" as a 21st Century Life Skill in Elementary Schools in the Probolinggo area

The school library is an important part of education. The school library functions as a learning support for students to develop an interest in reading in order to achieve educational goals at school. School libraries should enable teachers and students to learn new things. School libraries should be able to provide information through reference books such as open books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes and the like. Efforts to introduce and increase literacy are carried out through activities in the library. The aim of this research is to describe library management as an effort to improve the "School Literacy Movement (GLS)" in Probolinggo City and Regency Elementary Schools. This research uses a qualitative approach. Data collection methods are observation, interviews, questionnaires and documentation. Data analysis uses the Miles and Huberman approach. The research results show that library management planning has been implemented through organizing and adding supporting facilities, but there is still a need to develop library management both in the facilities and infrastructure aspects. Several factors inhibiting the school Literacy Movement (GLS) include inadequate facilities, limited library operational funds, and external and internal factors regarding students' interest in reading.

Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of social entrepreneurship literacy: A case study in an Indonesian vocational boarding school

Although social entrepreneurship has been well-researched, little empirical evidence reports on social entrepreneurship literacy. To fill this gap, the present case study aims to explore students’ and teachers’ perceptions of social entrepreneurship literacy in a vocational boarding school. Data were collected through a questionnaire and focus group interviews and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis with reference to Peredo and McLean’s dimensions: goals, opportunities, innovation, risks, and human resources. The findings show that both students and teachers reported that the five dimensions of social entrepreneurship literacy can strengthen social awareness and values among students and teachers. The contribution of this research is to provide empirical evidence on the role of students’ and teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards social entrepreneurship literacy in relation to their entrepreneurial intentions and practices.

Persepsi Guru terhadap Pengembangan Literasi di SD Negeri 124 Palembang Pada Implementasi Kurikulum Merdeka

This study aims to explore teachers’ perceptions of literacy develpoment at state elementary School 124 Palembang in the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum. Using a qualitative approach through the case study method, data were obtained through in depth interviews and observations of ten teachers who were directly involved in teaching literacy. The result of this study show that the majority of teachers have a positive perception of the flexibility offered by Merdeka curriculum in developing literacy. Limited despite being faced with a number of challenges such as lack of resources and limited training. This study provides important insight regarding the factors that influences the successful implementation of the independent curriculum in developing literacy in elemtary school. The novelty of this research lies in understanding how teachers perceptions of literacy developmentcan be integrated into the independent curriculum at the elemetary school level. The contribution of this study is to provided insight for policy makers and school regarding the important of greater support, both in term of resources and training, to strengthen literacy implementation in this flexible curriculum.

Learning digital health literacy in school: results of arepresentative survey of pupils in Germany

Digital information sources provide adolescents with quick access to health-related information. Schools are ideal for promoting digital health literacy and enabling students to handle such information safely. The aim of this paper is to present initial results from arepresentative study on learning digital health literacy in schools, with afocus on sociodemographic and socioeconomic differences. The cross-sectional study was conducted in Germany with 1448 students (aged9 to 18years) as part of the DURCHBLICKT! Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine differences and relationships in the learning of digital health literacy in school and gender, age, migration background, and subjective social status. Approximately 50% of students reported that they had not (or only to alimited extent) learned digital health literacy in school. The chi-square test reveals significant differences in terms of gender, age, migration background, and social status. Regression analyses indicate that age and subjective social status are significant factors for acquiring digital health literacy. The high number of students who do not learn digital health literacy in school is concerning, especially given their often low levels of digital health literacy. The results highlight the need for targeted educational strategies-especially those tailored to gender and socioeconomic status-to promote digital health literacy and reduce social inequalities.

Exploring Interest in Informatics with a Focus on K-12 Students’ Preferences in the Context of a Robotics Workshop

Digital literacy is considered to be crucial for social and professional participation. Hence, several projects have been launched in school, as well as extracurricular activities to promote digital literacy in middle school. They aim, among other things, to increase interest in the so-called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), which include computer science. Interest in a topic is described in the literature as a crucial factor for learning success and career choice. Still, there is a potential for current research on the expression and distribution of interest in computer science. Therefore, this study aims to address this research gap by examining interest in computer science. The exploration of interest is expanded to include gender aspects and pupils’ dispositions. Given the significantly lower number of women studying in STEM fields, there is a particular focus on an improved understanding of the interests of female pupils as early as middle school. Moreover, the literature suggests that pupils’ dispositions should also be considered in instructional design to achieve stable interest. In this context, the following two dispositions shine out in literature and are therefore focused on in this article: first, interest in contextual, people-related topics (mainly found among women), and second, interest in factual, object-related topics (mainly found among men). In summary, this study investigates how pupils’ interest in computer science is expressed before and after a programming intervention and how it is distributed across gender and dispositions. Therefore, the study surveyed 8th-grade pupils (N \(=\) 114) about their preferences and assessed their interest in computer science before and after an intervention with unplugged materials and playful robots. Results show that all groups of pupils find computer science interesting, and the intervention slightly increased interest. Girls show a marginally lower interest in computer science. Furthermore, the results indicate that interest in computer science did not correlate with interest in contextual or factual dispositions.

Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT.

Children with a learning disability experience a range of inequalities and adverse life events that put them at greater risk of mental health problems. The construct of emotional literacy has been shown to be a moderating factor of how life stress affects mental health. Teaching emotional literacy in schools may therefore be an effective way to promote positive mental health. There is an identified need for adapted emotional literacy programmes in special schools. To evaluate whether it is feasible to conduct a large-scale randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an emotional literacy programme (Zippy's Friends special educational needs and disabilities) for children with a learning disability in special schools. The key aims were to assess the acceptability and feasibility of participating in the trial, data collection and the Zippy's Friends special educational needs and disabilities intervention through quantitative and qualitative data collection. A feasibility, cluster randomised controlled trial that aimed to recruit and randomise 12 special schools to either deliver the intervention over 1 academic year or continue with practice as usual and to collect data from 96 pupils at baseline (pre randomisation) and 12 months post randomisation. Special schools in England and Scotland. Pupils with a learning disability, aged 9-11 years, attending special schools in England. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 8 pupils, 4 parents/carers and 11 school staff members. Zippy's Friends for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities is a manual-based, classroom-based emotional literacy programme focused on a problem-solving approach to develop and improve children's emotional literacy. The mainstream programme has been adapted for children with a learning disability by simplifying the activities, shortening the sessions and introducing more repetition. Feasibility and acceptability of: (1) participation in the research trial; (2) the collection of the outcome measure data and (3) the Zippy's Friends for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities intervention. A total of 8 schools and 53 pupils were recruited. Retention of schools after randomisation (100%) and retention of pupils (100%) met the prespecified progression criteria. For recruitment of schools (20.5% of those approached), pupil engagement with the intervention (50%) and collection of outcome and service use data (62.3%) the criteria were partially met. Fidelity of the intervention delivery (48%) fell just below the progression criteria. Thus, the feasibility and acceptability outcome progression criteria were largely met, suggesting that progression to a full trial is warranted with amendments to the study design. This feasibility trial was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in unusually high absences of pupils and teachers, different classroom arrangements (bubbles) and unprecedented stress and emotional challenges for pupils, parents and teaching staff. The findings are therefore specific to that period and all three main outcomes of this feasibility trial were adversely affected. The findings of this study indicate that a large-scale randomised controlled trial is feasible provided that a number of amendments to the study design are made to improve: (1) the timing of the project to suit the demands of special schools' yearly timetable; (2) recruitment and (3) outcome and service use data collection. On the basis of the current findings, an application for a full trial will be prepared and submitted with a number of amendments. This trial is registered as ISRCTN83610691. This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR129064) and is published in full in Public Health Research; Vol. 12, No. 15. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website for further award information.

Do children speaking indigenous and regional languages benefit equally from updated curricula? A report on a longitudinal quasi-experimental pilot study in Central Asia

This study examined the effects of an updated curriculum on the literacy and numeracy development of indigenous and regional language speaking children in Kazakhstan. A quasi-experimentally designed pilot study involved 1717 students from 27 schools. Multilevel parallel linear growth models were used to analyze the impact of the updated curriculum on the co-developmental trajectories of numeracy and literacy from Grade 1 to 3. We found that the benefits of the updated curriculum were experienced equally for both the indigenous Kazakh- and Russian-speaking children. We suggest that modern reform efforts should not assume school-based inadequacies a priori but first test for the equivalent advantage of planned curricula across varying school conditions. We also suggest that other jurisdictions where multiple languages of instruction exist might consider adopting some of the changes implemented in Kazakhstan’s new curriculum for the purpose of improving literacy and numeracy outcomes in early elementary school.

Implementasi Media Pembelajaran Ular Tangga Numerasi dalam Program Kampus Mengajar 7 di SDN 35 Ampenan

Kampus Mengajar was one of MBKM's programs established to help improve learning in schools. The targets of the Kampus Mengajar program were schools located in 3T areas or schools with poor numeracy and literacy levels. One of the schools targeted by Kampus Mengajar and used as a place of service was SDN 35 Ampenan. SDN 35 Ampenan was one of the schools in the Sekarbela sub-district, Mataram City, which, in terms of the level of students' numeracy and literacy, was below standard. The way to improve numeracy and literacy in schools was to use fun learning media. Educational material in the form of a snakes and ladders game was one of the approaches used. This game was conducted to improve students' knowledge in numeracy and literacy, teach students cohesiveness in teamwork, and reinforce students' memory of previously taught lessons. The work program of this learning media using the Snakes and Ladders game can enhance understanding and student engagement in the learning process. It makes students more enthusiastic about participating in lessons and helps prevent boredom with the classroom environment. Based on the results of this work program, students have been able to solve problems that exist in the school.

Analisis Rendahnya Minat Baca dan Gerakan Literasi Sekolah

This research explores the root causes of low student interest in reading and the vital role of the school literacy movement as a solution. Factors such as an unsupportive learning environment, the high price of books, the influence of gadget technology and a low literacy culture are the mainchallenges. The desk research method was used to analyze academic sources, identify the causes and impacts of low interest in reading and the role of the school literacy movement. Findings show a complexity of factors, including a lack of literacy culture and ineffective school literacy activities, exacerbating the problem. In addition, the results show that interest in reading is also affected by the lack of support from families and the lack of infrastructure to support literacy activities in schools. The school literacy movement emerged as a strategic solution with an integrated approach, improving reading skills, forming a positive literacy culture and involving the community. The implementation of this movement has been proven to increase student participation in literacy activities, improve reading skills and facilitate collaboration between the school, family andcommunity. This study underlines the importance of joint efforts through the school literacy movement in overcoming the challenge of low student interest in reading, not only as a concrete solution but also as a shaper of a positive literacy culture in the community.

Pelatihan ToT Peningkatan Literasi Teknologi pada Guru di Pondok Pesantren Ibadurrahman Temas: Dampak pada Efektivitas Pembelajaran

In the digital era, information technology has become an important component in various aspects of life, including education in Islamic boarding schools. Islamic boarding schools are educational institutions that not only focus on religious education, but also academics with technological literacy. Therefore, increasing technological literacy for teachers in Islamic boarding schools through structured training is very necessary to support the effectiveness of learning. The training method is Training of Trainers (ToT). Through this activity, teachers at Ibadurrahman Temas Islamic Boarding School showed a significant increase in technological literacy. This also encourages efficiency and effectiveness of learning, as well as a continuous training system that supports technological literacy in Islamic boarding schools

Implementasi Gerakan Literasi Sekolah Melalui Pemanfaatan Majalah Dinding Digital

Reading and writing as one of the literacy activities in a positive school culture becomes boring. It is challenging to increase students' interest in literacy. To embody Ki Hadjar Dewantara's philosophy, learning notices the nature of the times, the school literacy movement must utilize technology advances. This research aims to increase students' interest in reading and writing and to determine digital media's effectiveness in increasing literacy ability. This is a qualitative research approach. The data collection techniques are through observation and interview. The research subjects are fourth to sixth-grade students. First, they make a wall magazine, next teacher uploads it to Google Sites, then other students watch by the link provided. The research result shows that students get more enthusiastic than looking for reference sources to write. When they place it on a digital media with varied digital displays, student’s reading enthusiasm increases. Google Sites use as a form of digital media is suitable as an alternative solution for increasing students’ interest in reading and writing. It is also effective in increasing literacy ability. The research benefit provides real experiences and a meaningful learning process. Digital media provides easy access everywhere and makes publication widely spread.

Budaya Literasi dalam Mewujudkan Organisasi Pembelajar (the Learning Organization) di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Manarul Islam

Abstract This research analyzes the obstacles, strategies and impacts of literacy culture and efforts to make MI Manarul Islam a learning organization. The author combines case study methods and experience narratives or more popularly known as experience narratives or personal stories, both of which fall into the qualitative paradigm. The literacy culture that is fostered by madrasa management and teachers has an impact on the breadth of insight of teachers and students, as well as the ability to argue systematically and systemically, as well as think critically, because they are enriched by various discourses. Teachers and students actively empower each other through exchanging ideas based on reading results or empirical phenomena experienced, so that madrasah truly becomes the learning organization. The author concludes that school literacy culture can be realized if there is collective awareness among madrasah residents to become literate as a manifestation of lifelong learning.

Peningkatan Minat Baca Peserta Didik Melalui Program Literasi di SDN Sidokare 1 Sidoarjo

Reading interest is one of the key factors in developing learners' literacy skills. A literacy program can be one solution to this problem that not only focuses on teaching reading but also creates an atmosphere that supports reading interest. The purpose of the study was to find out how much impact the school literacy program has on students' interest in reading at SDN Sidokare 1 Sidoarjo. This research uses qualitative research methods with the target of Principals, Teachers and students in the environment of SDN Sidokare 1 Sidoarjo with data collection techniques through interviews, observation and documentation through recording and collecting data from the subject of observation. Based on the results of the research, the school library program has a positive impact on students' interest in reading. There are obstacles faced by limited resources, both in the form of books, facilities and infrastructure, technology and qualified educators. School efforts in dealing with these obstacles by providing socialization, adding facilities and infrastructure and collaborating with related agencies (regional library office) to support the activeness of students' interest in reading at SDN SIdokare 1.

Ethno-digital activity book assisted by virtual reality for teaching financial literacy in elementary schools

Financial literacy is essential knowledge to achieve prosperity. However, most Indonesians' financial literacy is still considered low. Financial literacy can be cultivated through education and should be introduced early for optimum results. This study aims to develop an ethno-digital activity book assisted by virtual reality as a learning material to foster financial literacy in elementary school students. Specifically, this study identifies the appropriate ethno-digital activity book design assisted by virtual reality, the validity and suitability of the content, and its practicality. The researcher conducted the study following the 4D research and development model, which consisted of defining, designing, developing, and disseminating steps. This study involved teachers and students in six elementary schools as the population. The sample determination was carried out using the purposive sampling technique. The researchers applied various data collection techniques, including observation, interviews, documentation, questionnaires, and expert assessments. The data analysis also varied based on the data type and the study's purpose. The observations, interviews, and documentation were analyzed qualitatively, while the questionnaire and expert judgment results were analyzed using the mean score and inter-rater agreement model. This study found three significant results. First, the activity book's design must follow the curriculum and characteristics of the students. Second, the results of the expert assessment sheet showed that the activity book was valid in terms of content validity and suitable for elementary school students. Third, in terms of practicality, students enjoy the learning process by using ethno-digital-based activity books assisted by virtual reality, and no problems were found when implementing activity books for a learning process. This study concludes that the ethno-digital activity book assisted by virtual reality as a learning material to foster financial literacy is ready for teaching elementary school students.

Development of Ethnoscience-Laden IPA Teaching Materials on Material on the Form of Substances and Their Changes to Improve Science Literacy Skills of Elementary School Students

Based on the problems that occur at SDN Pangkah 07, Pangkah sub-district, Tegal district, through observations and interviews, it was revealed that the learning resources used to implement the Merdeka Curriculum are still limited. The teaching materials currently used are LKS which have not been able to improve students' scientific literacy. This causes it to be less in accordance with the characteristics of the material studied with students. So that students find it difficult to understand the material. Based on these problems, it is necessary to develop teaching materials that are packaged into ethnoscientific teaching materials. This research is a Research and Development (R&D) research using development procedures with the research model from (Thiagarajan, Semmel & Semmel, 1974) using the stages of 4D development research consisting of 4 stages namely Define, Design, Development and Dissemination. The results of this study indicate that ethnoscience-laden science teaching materials on the material of the form of substances and their changes to improve students' science literacy in elementary schools were successfully developed with average results on material experts 0.91 categorised as very valid, language experts 0.92 very valid and media experts 0.94 very valid. Effectiveness obtained 80% of the effective category is used. The practicality of the results of the teacher response questionnaire averaged 100% very practical from three aspects and the results of the student questionnaire averaged 90% very practical. So it can be concluded based on the data obtained, the characteristics of ethnoscience-loaded teaching materials are: a) in the form of printed teaching materials and links; b) ethnoscience-loaded teaching materials that take local wisdom. The ethnoscience teaching materials produced are in the very valid category, which is obtained from the assessment of validators or experts. The ethnoscience-loaded teaching materials produced with the n-gain value of the effective category, also obtained the results of teacher and student responses in the very practical category. Suggestions from the author of ethnoscience-loaded teaching materials need to be developed again on other science materials and aspects of science literacy attitudes and ethnoscience-loaded teaching materials that have been developed can be used as a reference by other researchers in carrying out similar research Keywords: Social Sciences teaching materials, Ethnoscience, Scientific Literacy

School Literacy Movement and Parents’ Motivation on EFL Students’ Reading Interest

School Literacy Movement and Parents’ Motivation on EFL Students’ Reading Interest

Validating instrument to assess science literacy and independent learning skills in high school

Inadequate science literacy and independent learning hinder students' ability to analyze scientific information. This study aimed to develop and validate a measurement instrument to assess science literacy and independent learning skills among high school students. The instrument was piloted with 20 twelfth-grade students at SMAN 03 Kota Yogyakarta to assess its reliability and validity. The validated instrument was administered to 20 eleventh-grade students at the same school to identify the profiles of these two skills and explore their relationship in the context of the nervous system. The validity analysis demonstrated that both the science literacy and independent learning instruments exhibited strong validity. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that 20 items in the independent learning questionnaire were strongly correlated with the total score. Rasch analysis of the science literacy test indicated low infit mean square values, appropriate p-values, and high point biserial values, suggesting well-functioning items. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients for both instruments were excellent. The profile analysis revealed a discrepancy, with many students showing high independent learning levels but low science literacy scores on the nervous system topic. This gap suggests that even students capable of independent learning may face challenges in grasping specific scientific concepts.

Teachers' Experiences in Implementing the School Literacy Movement (GLS): An Investigation of Junior High School Literacy Programs in Indonesia

This study explores the experiences of junior secondary school teachers in Indonesia who have implemented the School Literacy Movement (GLS). The study focuses on teachers' perceptions of GLS, its implementation, and its challenges. This study used a phenomenological approach involving 20 teachers to share their insights on the research topic. Data analysis was conducted through a qualitative research paradigm using ATLAS.ti 9 software. The tool facilitated the study of participants' transcripts and documentation, enabling the verbal expression of essential phrases or sentences, the identification of meanings and themes, and the combination of these elements into a comprehensive and insightful description. This study found that teachers implemented incomplete stages of GLS, driven by their limited perception of the program, which focused more on general reading skills. Their planning and implementation of GLS was superficial, and they faced significant issues such as time, evaluation, teacher workload, limited interaction or lack of training, and low student interest in reading. Challenges include limited learning resources and access and an unsupportive environment, facilities, and infrastructure