RCE East Kalimantan-2013
1. Name of RCE :
EAST KALIMANTAN
2. Continent:
Asia-Pacific
3. Country:
Indonesia
5. Project Title:
Home Reading Program Toward improvement of quality lifelong education
7.Project Partner Contact Information Provide information about the main contacts for the project. :
Organization:
Al Fath Islamic School Samarinda
Role:
Pilot Project
Main Contact:
(ida Farida) ida.farida@gmail.com
Organization:
Mujahiddin Kindegarten, Samarinda
Role:
Pilot Project
Main Contact:
KH.M Rasyid (unukaltim@gmail.com)
Organization:
Anak Bangsa Kindegarten, Samarinda
Role:
Pilot Project
Main Contact:
Dwi Nugroho H (dwinh16260@yahoo.com.au)
9. Project Description Provide a short description of the project including regional challenges it addresses, its aims as well as project activities/strategies Allow text field (character count 500 words):
Promoting Habit Reading through “Home Reading Program”
Toward improvement of quality lifelong education
Reading habit among students in Indonesia has become major concern among educators, parents and governments. According to recent survey that conducted by International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) reveals that reading interest and reading habit of Indonesian students is the lowest among 41 countries that is surveyed.
Studies on developing literacy and reading habits suggest that reading habits should be built up and promoted from an early age, and the involvement of parents is necessary needed in developing children’s literacy skills. One formula to assist the development of habit reading is home reading activities between children and parents. This does not only assist to develop child reading habit, but it also helps child literacy skills.
Considering to the fact above, RCE-ESD East Kalimantan initiates to assist school in developing reading habit through "Home Reading Program". It is also to support the improvement of quality of lifelong learning.
This program is designed to students at kindergarten which has been conducting since July 2010. The program has involved about 500 students from four kindergarten schools in Samarinda.
RCE provides various book titles that students will be able to take home everyday for School Calender year. Alongside with the book, students also bring home a journal log, which will be filled in by both students and parents. It will be used to monitor student progress in program. Reading time is expected night time before children go to bed. Moreover, Students will be given an award for their achievements for every 25 nights’ home reading program.
The major challenge of the program is lack of resources, including limited number of books, limited variant of book's tittle, and parents involvement to the program.,
Toward improvement of quality lifelong education
Reading habit among students in Indonesia has become major concern among educators, parents and governments. According to recent survey that conducted by International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) reveals that reading interest and reading habit of Indonesian students is the lowest among 41 countries that is surveyed.
Studies on developing literacy and reading habits suggest that reading habits should be built up and promoted from an early age, and the involvement of parents is necessary needed in developing children’s literacy skills. One formula to assist the development of habit reading is home reading activities between children and parents. This does not only assist to develop child reading habit, but it also helps child literacy skills.
Considering to the fact above, RCE-ESD East Kalimantan initiates to assist school in developing reading habit through "Home Reading Program". It is also to support the improvement of quality of lifelong learning.
This program is designed to students at kindergarten which has been conducting since July 2010. The program has involved about 500 students from four kindergarten schools in Samarinda.
RCE provides various book titles that students will be able to take home everyday for School Calender year. Alongside with the book, students also bring home a journal log, which will be filled in by both students and parents. It will be used to monitor student progress in program. Reading time is expected night time before children go to bed. Moreover, Students will be given an award for their achievements for every 25 nights’ home reading program.
The major challenge of the program is lack of resources, including limited number of books, limited variant of book's tittle, and parents involvement to the program.,
11.Provide references and reference materials (possibility to upload additional documents (up to 8mb):
12. Duration of the Project Start Date: End date::
Friday, October 31, 2014
Describe Coordination and management of the project. Please also reflect how the RCE as a network organization has contributed to the project and the challenges involved, if any. Character count 400 words :
RCE-ESD East Kalimantan as coordinator of the project provides book and journal log that distribute to students through schools and assist in monitoring and evaluation of the program. The main challenge of this project is limited book title, number of books that avaliable and limited government funding.
14. What are the current results of the project in terms of outputs (e.g. publications, developed practices, course materials)? Character count 300 words:
According to monitoring and evaluation that conducted every end of semester of school calender reveals that student tend to love book after joining the program. Students prefer to visit library or book store after school time or during weekend
15. What are the expected/confirmed outcomes (e.g. impact of the project) Character count 400 words:
It is expected that reading books become a sustainable lifestyle for children and it will help them to have better study result in school, moreover this lifestyle will continue in their future life.
16. Are there any unexpected/unplanned results achieved by your project? If yes, briefly describe or list them . Character count 200 words.:
Role of parents seems low and sometimes parents tend to manipulate home reading journal by stating that he/she has read book for his/her children,
17. What are the remaining challenges and/or limitations for further development? Character count 300 words.:
More book's title and subject on character building including books on eco lifestyle, parents participation and money.
18. What is the project’s contribution to innovative and transformative educational processes for sustainable development (especially regarding formal and/ non-formal learning/research)? Character count 500 words:
The program is assisting school in developing illiteracy program.
19.How can you scale up and mainstream ESD and SD practices of the project and enable it to contribute to the implementation of the Global Action Programme (GAP) as proposed by UNESCO? (max 300 words):
Reading will become children's sustainable lifestyle and it is part of the vision of ESD which promotes sustainable lifestyle.
20. How does you project contribute institutional and policy reforms as part of sustainability change? Character count 500 words:
This project will become provincial government project in improving school quality.
21. How does your project further improve capacities of various partners and stakeholders on the theme? Character count 500 words.:
The designated location/pilot project benefited from this program in many ways, improve school performance in illiteracy program, improvement in library program, increase number of staff member, and improvement capacity building of teachers and staff in illiteracy program.
22.What is the significance of this project for developing global linkages in order to strengthen activities in this area? (max 250 words):
the global community can assist in providing more book's titles for children especially that deals with sustainable issues.
23. What is novel about the project within the RCE network and what could other RCEs learn from this experience? (Answer only if relevant) Character count 250 words.:
Dealing with improving school performance and children lifestyle.
24. What is the significance of this project for the region? How important are its results for its particular project category? Character count 250 words.:
It is significant for regional community in improving performance of schools toward quality of lifelong education.
Region:
Asia-Pacific
