Scaffolding for a Meaningful Learning: Integrating Extensive Reading and Tri Hita Karana Values

Abstract

There is a trend in current education to insert local wisdom values in the teaching and learning process. This study aims to provide a critical analysis on teaching reading that is integrated with local wisdom values based on the current and relevant related literatures. Understanding a text during reading activity is one of the crucial goals in reading comprehension. It could lead students to have better, enjoyable reading, and a better future. One of the ways to achieve it is by implementing scaffolding strategy with the integration of Extensive Reading (ER) activities and Tri Hita Karana (THK) values. It provides them with reading for pleasure with local values. It will go to the intended goals in reading. The pleasure and values that they get will facilitate them to an autonomous and a meaningful learning. Based on result of studies, implementation of scaffolding with ER and THK integration in the practice has positives impacts on the students learning. As aforementioned, it is highly applicable for current situation and effective as a strategy for having a meaningful learning. In this paper, three relevant studies will be reviewed for having framework of teaching reading.