Need Analysis Of EGRA Training With Neuroscience Approach For Teachers As A Foundation For Improving Basic Literacy Of Early Grade Students

Abstract

The reading ability of Indonesian children is considered less than satisfactory, even though according to the 2022 PISA ranking, Indonesia has been increasing 5 position compared to previously. This is due to their acute addiction to gadgets. In early grade students this affects their reading skills significantly, besides the literacy-based education model that suits children's needs is also not well developed. On the basis of that problem, it is necessary to develop basic literacy teaching, one of them is with neuroscience-based literacy teaching. The application of neuroscience-based literacy teaching is done with the teaching of games, where students are asked to recognize different forms of letters through different colours. To understand this, teachers need to be introduced to neuroscience-based literacy learning methods. This study measures the ability of teachers to apply neuroscience-based basic literacy in early grade students. Through descriptive interviews as well as a series of quantitative data collection methods, the positive impact of neuroscience-based teaching was found when teachers were able to understand Early Grade Reading Assessment training with a neuro-science approach.