Yulia Loekito
About
Yulia Loekito is a mother of two living in Yogyakarta-Indonesia . Reading and teaching have her favourite since she was a little girl. Her passion of teaching children initially emerged at the age of 19 when she was teaching those with special needs. Those passions linger overtime. Imaginations have always been her nap time companion, until she decides to put those into reality by writing children books. Meanwhile she is also running an alternative learning community emphasizes in language, cultural, and environmental learning, in which extensive reading and extensive listening are constantly applied. She also runs a publishing house that publish children books written in vernacular language and local scripts.Sessions
Younger learners Authentic projects to increase student motivation and autonomy in ER class more
Wed, Aug 9, 17:00-17:35 Asia/Makassar
Adolescence is a phase where rapid physical growth with intense hormonal activity takes place. It may lead to diminishing energy to concentrate in academic works. Therefore, even though structured academic learning is difficult to overcome, collaborative works and peer-interaction which enable them to explore their future-role in the society are of their interest. On the other hand, extensive reading activities tend to be individual which are not in line with adolescence’s characteristics. Thus, we conducted authentic projects to bridge it. The project was conducted in a private junior high school in Yogyakarta. A group of 15 middle-grade students aged 12-15 years old participated for 7 months duration. They’ve performed several group-chosen authentic projects, such as: book-procurement, performance, and social-media project. This presentation would also discuss about the success, obstacles, achievement, student’s point of view, and our analysis on its effectiveness. The data are collected and analyzed qualitatively.
