Firman Parlindungan, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the University of Teuku Umar (UTU), Aceh, Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D. in Reading and Literacy from The Ohio State University, USA. He was a visiting scholar at the World of Words Center for Global Literatures and Literacies at the University of Arizona, USA. His research interests include literacy studies, language learning strategies, multicultural pedagogy, and language socialization. His current research, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Indonesia, explores how Indonesian hero stories in children’s literature influence elementary students’ knowledge and identity construction. Dr. Parlindungan is also actively engaged in promoting literacy initiatives across Indonesia in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.
Firman Parlindungan, Ph.D. adalah dosen di Universitas Teuku Umar (UTU), Aceh, Indonesia. Ia meraih gelar Ph.D. dalam bidang Membaca dan Literasi dari The Ohio State University, Amerika Serikat. Ia menjadi Visiting Scholar di Worlds of Words Center for Global Literatures and Literacies, the University of Arizona, Amerika Serikat. Minat penelitian beliau mencakup studi literasi, strategi pembelajaran bahasa, pedagogi multikultural, dan sosialisasi bahasa. Penelitian terkini yang didanai oleh Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi Republik Indonesia ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana cerita pahlawan Indonesia dalam literatur anak-anak memengaruhi pengetahuan serta pembentukan identitas siswa. Dr. Parlindungan juga aktif terlibat dalam mengadvokasi berbagai program literasi di Indonesia bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi.
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2024
Indonesian literacy teachers’ efforts to integrate children’s literature in literacy classrooms
