Folklores for critical thinking: An introduction to critical thinking skills for teenagers

Kurniawati, Nia and Sugaryamah, Deuis (2018) Folklores for critical thinking: An introduction to critical thinking skills for teenagers. Pusat Penelitian dan Penerbitan UIN SGD Bandung, Bandung. ISBN 978-602-5823-39-8

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Abstract

This book is written in an attempt to provide Indonesian Teenagers—at their senior high school ages—opportunities to learn to think critically and to read comprehensively and enjoyably through the use of Indonesian folklores. Besides, the use of folklores is expected to bring back their popularity among Indonesian teenagers. Recently, Indonesian educators and practitioners face a challenge: Indonesian teenagers seem to be lack of interest and enthusiasm in reading Indonesian folklores because they considered characterizations and plots are out-of-dated. The theme about animals, jungles, and fantasies do not belong to their present live (antaranews.com, 2018). To bridge this gap, this book provides a section in every chapter where readers are required to analyze the story from their today’s perspectives. They need to share their agreement or disagreement, to provide relevant solutions to the problem, and to find out what logic is and what is not. This book consists of fourteen chapters. Each chapter contains seven sections: focused skills, before-during-after reading sections, glossary, critical thinking questions, and reflection sections. This book focuses on reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. These skills are presented repeatedly in order to give the readers reinforcement about the skills. Meanwhile, the reflection section is provided to give the students space to share their engagement with the topic discussed. Since this book is designed based on the research in some schools in West Java, several improvements seems to be needed to make. Therefore,any suggestions and corrections from readers are very much welcome.

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