Critical Literacy Education with Problem Posing Approach - An Alternative for Critical Learning Practice in Elementary School

Ani Hendriani, Teguh Ibrahim, Pupun Nuryani

2017

Abstract

The background of this research is the fact that it is hard to find critical literacy based texts in 2013 curriculum textbooks. Critical literacy based text is a text that contains representation of power, injustice, exploitation, ethnical issues, gender issues, powerlessness, and social marginalization. The aim that critical literacy based texts are presented is to evoke students’ critical awareness on social reality in which they should already aware of as a problem that should be challenged and changed with transformative powered social act. The method of this research is classroom action research model by Kemmis and Taggart. The study was conducted in two cycles consisting of two actions. The participants of this research are 4th grade students of SDN Sarijadi 07 consisting of 30 students. Research showed that (1) the critical literacy education process consists of three stages which are: problematization (pre-reading), cultural discussion (reading), social action (after reading); (2) critical literacy-based learning can develop students' ability to write argumentative essays that serve as criticisms or solutions to overcome social inequality. (3) The average value of critical literacy in the first cycle resulted in 65.22 and increased significantly to 78.36 in the second cycle. This study has the significance of enriching the science of multiliteracies pedagogy especially critical literacy-based learning in primary schools.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hendriani A., Ibrahim T. and Nuryani P. (2017). Critical Literacy Education with Problem Posing Approach - An Alternative for Critical Learning Practice in Elementary School.In 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES, ISBN 978-989-758-314-8, pages 523-529. DOI: 10.5220/0007043905230529

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ices17,
author={Ani Hendriani and Teguh Ibrahim and Pupun Nuryani},
title={Critical Literacy Education with Problem Posing Approach - An Alternative for Critical Learning Practice in Elementary School},
booktitle={1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES,},
year={2017},
pages={523-529},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007043905230529},
isbn={978-989-758-314-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 1: ICES,
TI - Critical Literacy Education with Problem Posing Approach - An Alternative for Critical Learning Practice in Elementary School
SN - 978-989-758-314-8
AU - Hendriani A.
AU - Ibrahim T.
AU - Nuryani P.
PY - 2017
SP - 523
EP - 529
DO - 10.5220/0007043905230529