Weaving Edu Tapestry

Eager to know their real reading practice, I recently conducted an informal conversation focusing on what, how much, and how long they read per week with three students on my campus. Here are their responses. When asked about their view of the essence of reading, they unanimously agreed that reading is not only important but also crucial in learning. For them, the essence of reading for mastering the course content, enlarging knowledge, building vocabulary, promoting thinking skills, and improving writing skills cannot be replaced by other skills or tools. When asked what and how much they read, and how long it takes to read it, the first student, majoring in Biology education, stated that she regularly read textbooks and articles assigned by her lecturers. ‘Now I’m taking 5 classes, and each class necessitates me to read at a chapter of the textbook. Sometimes additional texts like articles and lab reports are added. I estimate I read 110 pages per week, and I need about 2 hou...

If you want different results than what you're getting, you have to try different approaches. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results ( Albert Einstein ). Image Credit:  https://readsmartlearning.com/struggling-readers-101-helping-children-learn-to-read/ Key takeaways: Improving the current instruction practice of learning to read  Transforming the oral culture into literacy Improving the national education system, esp. the objectives and learning processes Improving reading facilities and infrastructure Guiding students to use technology wisely Increasing family support.  The previous article ,  Reading Crisis: The Culprit of Indonesian Education Low Quality , shows that Indonesia's national education that had lasted for almost 75 years has been successful in various quantitative aspects but is still slumped in terms of quality. One of the main cause of the low quality is the crisis reading in reading sk...

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. ( Katherine Patterson ) Image Credit:  https://about.uniteforliteracy.com/2019/05/two-simple-ways-to-help-struggling-readers/ The previous article, Reading Crisis: The Culprit of Indonesian Education Low Quality ,  shows that Indonesia's national education that had lasted for almost 75 years has been successful in terms of quantity aspects but is still slumped in terms of quality because  most students suffer from  the reading crisis. The modern  education system is highly dependent on literacy. Thus,  negligence of reading will directly harm learning quality. R eading is naturally a complex activity involving so many aspects that its teaching success or ...

Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. (Tomie dePaola ) Image Credit:  https://raisingrobustreaders.com/2015/07/struggling-readers/ Introduction Since its proclamation of independence in 1945, Indonesia's national education development still seems to focus on fulfilling the quantity aspects, particularly the provision of school buildings, educational facilities, and educators (teachers and lecturers). In terms of quantity, Indonesian education has indeed been successful.   According to Biro Pusat Statistik (the Central Bureau of Statistics), in 2019, the percentage of Indonesians attending school by age is 99.24% for the 7-12 year age group; 95.31% for the 13-15 year age group; 72.36% for 16-18 year age group; and, 25.21%. for the 9-24 years. Thus, almost all Indonesian children in elementary and junior high school age have attended school; 3 out of 4 citizens aged 16-18 years study in ...