FKIP – The spread of Covid-19 in the world has begun to show a sloping number thanks to the intensification of vaccination for all levels of society. This had a major impact on the recovery and growth of various sectors of life, such as tourism, the economy, business, and education.

Many countries have started implementing face-to-face learning. However, not a few also experienced difficulties due to the learning loss experienced by students due to not being able to experience face-to-face learning for too long during the pandemic.

Learning loss is an important issue that must be addressed by each country. This is not only experienced by students but also parents and teachers. Therefore, each country must try to make a strategy to mitigate learning loss during the implementation of the effort to reopen face-to-face learning.

Through the International Seminar with Top Scholar program, the Science Education Doctoral Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta tries to help the government to deal with the issue of learning loss. The seminar, which is supported by the World Class University program, was held online via Zoom Meeting on Thursday (23/9/2021).

Prof. Sulistyo Saputro, M.Sc., as the Head of the S3 Science Education Study Program, FKIP UNS, in his speech, hoped that the activities attended by 221 participants would be able to provide a solution to the problem of learning loss issues through sharing experiences with learning experts.

“Hopefully with this kind of activity, many educators find it helpful to share experiences with a learning expert in Asia-Pacific”. he said.

Meanwhile, the seminar was opened by the Dean of FKIP UNS, Dr. Mardiyana, M.Si. it runs actively and constructively. This is thanks to the presence of a resource person, namely Prof. Sonya N. Martin, Ph.D. from Seoul National University, South Korea who has important research on the issue of learning loss during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Known Prof. Sonya has researched several countries in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The country is also experiencing serious problems on the issue of learning loss. Through this international seminar, Prof. Sonya provides an important strategy that can be done to reopen face-to-face learning, namely by gradually adding face-to-face learning hours, continuing learning in the form of blended learning, and focusing on opportunities in new types of learning.

Reporter: Muhammad Muzaqqi
Editor: Aulia Anjani

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