The Eligibility of the "PanduanMateri Agama" Book as an English Textbook in Early Childhood Education

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Sri Slamet, HepyAdityarini, Sutama, Bambang Sumard joko

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Textbook is one of the effective teaching materials used in early childhood education. It is the best component that contains the material for achieving the purpose of learning. This study dealt with the eligibility of “PanduanMateri Agama” English textbook because it was not yet known its quality. The purpose of the research was to know the eligibility of “PanduanMateri Agama” English textbook. The good criteria of the good textbook according to the guide of National Educational Ministry covered the presentation, the content, the character, and the illustration. This English textbook was used in AmanahUmmah Kindergarten, Surakarta. This research design used descriptive qualitative and the method of collecting the data was by documentation. The researchers did the coding and then proceed by calculating the percentage of the eligibility. The member checks and reference materials were used to validate the data of the research. The data analysis technique used content analysis. The results of the analysis were described as follows. The quality of material was eligible, 62,5%; the quality of the content was eligible, 62,5%; the quality of the character was less eligible, 50%; and the quality of illustration was eligible, 65%. Based on the percentage of presentation and material, the book had met the eligibility. On the conclusion of the research, it is hoped that the book should a little bit revise to make the textbook more eligible and valuable. Hopefully the book can be used optimally for teaching learning process in ECE.

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