Observers Call Reading Literacy Not Just Sourced From Books

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JAKARTA - Education Observer from Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta Munawir Yusuf stated that reading literacy is not just sourced from books, but also a lot of technology. "If I read in a broad sense, I can read text, nature, phenomena, data, events. There must be data literacy, technology, the problem is that so far I have seen information technology, there are many choices that children must read," Munawir said, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

He said that with the increasing number of choices, it was difficult to control what children had to read and what they shouldn't have accessed. In this case, he said, the role of parents and schools is important to direct children to read the truth and interpret correctly, including not only forcing children to read books, but also reading natural events. "For example, reading political events so that they can interpret political developments. Read about economic data even though it has not been taught, you can be directed to read according to existing developments," said Munawir.

He said the role of schools is that they must provide the books needed by students. In addition, it also provides 15 minutes for students to be able to read any sources of information at school, such as books and newspapers.

"Sediakan tempat yang terbuka, di halaman, di segurang-angkapan ruangan, tempat yang layak digunakan untuk membaca. Petugas kemarin bisa menyediakan tema setiap harinya agar anak pilih sendiri. Jadi oleh desain, bukan tergantung masyarakat," katanya.He juga berpendapat ada komunikasi antara sekolah dengan orang tua. "Itu perlu diciptakan, apakah memungkinkan sekolah buat untuk komunikasi dengan orang tua. Nanti guru memberikan pesan di buku, anak baca read ini, summanya ini, agarnya ini, agarnyanya ini, ujarnya, ujar Munawir.Komunikasi tersebut, lanjutnya, akan mempererat komunikasi antua antara guru dengan orang tua mengingat orang tua mengingatkan eduksi menjadi tanggung berung jawab bersama.