Development of thematic teaching materials on literacy program for coastal communities

Jember Regency is one of the districts with a fairly large number of illiteracy rates, namely 164,346 million people. Answering the above problems, functional literacy programs still have to be implemented with various strategies and components of good implementation. The development of thematic teaching materials in accordance with the local context can be one strategy in improving the quality of literacy learning because teaching materials are an important component in the success of literacy learning. On this basis, it is necessary to develop learning materials by taking into account the characteristics of students including local potential, culture, geographical location, physiological, psychological, level, self-concept. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of thematic teaching materials as an effort to improve the quality of functional literacy learning programs. The type of research used is qualitative research using the ADDIE development model which consists of five stages, including analysis, design, develop, implement, and evaluate. The results of the development of coastal community-based thematic teaching and learning materials can facilitate “calistung” (Calistung is reading, writing and calculating) learning activities in literacy programs. For further research, research can be carried out by prioritizing the benefits of teaching materials to support the success of literacy programs so that they can assist government programs in reducing dropout rates in Indonesia.