Developing Appreciative Literature Textbook Based on ThematicIntegrative Through Active Learning

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: (1) to describe students’ and lecturers’ needs on poetry anddrama appreciative textbook, (2) to describe the development of textbook model (3) to find theeffectiveness of textbook model 4) to describe textbook dissemination. The type of research used wasresearch and development. Research was done through 4 stages: (1) exploration, (2) modeldevelopment, (3) model testing, (4) dissemination. Exploration stage used qualitative descriptiveapproach. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, observation, documentation, andquestionnaires. Data analysis technique was interactive analysis model. Model testing was donethrough experimental research. The results of this research were: (1) the exploration stage showedthat the poetry and drama learning textbook used by Elementary Teacher Education Program (ETEP)students in Surakarta did not meet the students’ and lecturers’ need, (2) model development stageproduced appreciative poetry and drama textbook through preliminary field testing; (3) modeltesting phase was to test effectiveness of the textbook used t-test non-independent technique. It wasobtained tobtain of 23 and ttable(90; 0.05) of 1.67. Thus, tobtained (23) > ttable (1.67) which meantthat the hypothesis was accepted (Ho was rejected). In conclusion, the Apprec iative Poetry andDrama textbook model was effectively improve students' poetry and drama appreciation skills.Dissemination was done through national seminars, article writing in international journals, as wellas the publishing of an Integrative-thematic Textbook of Poetry and Drama Learning with ISBN.