SCIENTIFIC APPROACH BASED READING TO DEVELOP SKILLS AND CHARACTERS OF THE CENTURY

Abstract

The term of scientific approach based teaching and learning has been quite familiar in Indonesian education since it was introduced in Curriculum 2013. However, the implementation of this teaching and learning method seems to be quite far from being perfect. This certainly needs high attention from education experts as this method offers good opportunity for the learning classes to develop the twenty first century skills and characters; critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. A reading class is not out of the questions. A language teacher could apply a scientific based method in her teaching and learning activities easily by applying the scientific approach learning steps; observing, questioning, experimenting, associating, and networking. However, this quite common SQ3R/PQ3R reading technique could also be considered as scientific teaching and learning instructions. Implementing a reading class using either the scientific approach based learning steps or SQ3R/PQ3R is susceptible to develop the twenty first century skills as each step implemented would give ample opportunity for the teacher and students to develop their skills and characters