Muhammad Rohmadi

The Role of Local Wisdom in the Malay Folklore Mempawah as Base of Character Education on Children in Primary School (Study Folklore in West Borneo)

This article analyses describe the role of local wisdom which is contained in Malay folklore Mempawah in forming character education for children of elementary school. Local wisdom in society is very important because it shows customs, traditions, and cultural values which have rooted in society life of Malay Mempawah. The problem that arises in society is the lack of awareness to apply the value of local wisdom in everyday life that is actually the values contained in folklore. By understanding the Local Wisdom contained in folklore, it is expected that it can be used as a mean to form character in a child by inserting folklore in the learning material. The method used is naturalistic method by using literary anthropology approach. The data collecting technique done by the writer is direct observation, recording, interviews, and document study. The result of the research was analyzed by using interactive model data analysis that was data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The results of this study are: First, value of local wisdom relates to the society’s personality (1) forgiveness, (2) togetherness value, (3) sense of responsibility and keeping promise. Second, value of local wisdom relates to customs that is tradition of buang-buang. Third, value of local wisdom relates to life equipment of society. The role of local wisdom contained in folklore as the basis of character education in elementary school is not only useful as a means of learning moral values, customs, and culture but also can be used as a means to preserve the folklore itself.

BUILDING STUDENTS' CHARACTER THROUGH FAIRY-TALE TEXTBOOKS

Indonesian language teaching has been developed based on character-building approach. One effort that can be done to develop and teach values of character education towards students is through fairy-tale textbooks. Fairy-tale is one of literary works which is not only for reading as entertaining media, but also for building characters and influencing the readers. Therefore, the contents of the fairy-tale should perform moral values that are good for the students’ character development. The ideal expectation of the fairy-tale reading activity is that the students can identify types of characters and apply them into their daily lives so that they will shape a good personality. Character-building values integrated in fairy-tale textbooks are stated in the material contents and teaching-learning activities. The contents of fairy-tale textbooks can be one of the modelling types of character value implementation in students’ personality. In the teaching and learning process as the developing digital era, the students are taught to behave well. However, in the real implementation, fairy-tales as the media of students’ character-building, are decreasing as the existence of online games. It shows that the students’ perspective to leave literary works becomes higher in the daily life. On the other side, the existence and quality of fairy-tale textbooks used by Indonesian language teachers are still low and only restricted from the textbooks provided by the government. Related to this, efforts to realize the character-building through fairytale textbooks need to be seriously made since character-building can be implemented in fairy-tale appreciation subject.

PEMBELAJARAN APRESIASI PUISI DI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INDONESIA: STUDI EKSPLORASI (POETRY APPRECIATION LEARNING IN THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM: EXPLORATION STUDY)

The aim of this research is to describe the Poetry learning in Indonesian Language Education Study Program in some universities around ex-Surakarta Recidency. The subjects of this research are lecturers and students involved in the Poetry learning in Indonesian Language Education Study Program in some universities around ex-Surakarta Recidency. They are (1) Widya Dharma University, Klaten, (2) Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, (3) Veteran Bangun Nusantara University, Sukoharjo, and (4) Muhammadiyah Surakarta University. The data collecting techniques are observation, interview, document analysis, and questionnaire. The results of the observation reveals that there are problems and lecturers and students’ needs. The problems and lecturer’s needs are: (1) Composing the Semester Learning Plan (SLP), the calendar of lecture unit (CLU) of Poetry Appreciation subject; (2) the application of the learning procedure of Poetry Appreciation; and (3) the application of learning evaluation of Poetry Appreciation in Indonesian Language Education Study Program. The problems and students’ needs are: the use of strategies of poetry learning models which are innovative, effective, and focus on the students (students centered) so that students are more motivated to learn.