IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education

Abstract

This research departed from
many variations of folklore in Indonesia especifically in Kedurang society
which contains many values of character education that can be taught in literature
learning for pupils in elementary school because It is important to teach of
good characters early. The purposes of this research were to describe values of
character education in andai-andai
folklore in Kedurang society and to describe the use of andai-Andai folklore as material for literature subject in
elementary school. The method used in this research was a qualitative method
with content analysis technique. The data in this research were collected by doing
observation, interview, and recording. The techniques of data analysis were by
(1) collecting data (2) selecting data (3) interpreting data and (4) drawing
conclusion. The results and discussion of this research showed that: (1) Seven andai-andai folklores having been
analysed in this research contain many values of character education such as social
empathy value, religious value, compiliance value, hardwork value, creativity
value, patience value, and promise-keeping value. (2) The andai-Andai folklores in Kedurang Society in Indonesia can be used
as learning material for literature subject in elementary school in-as-much as the
major characters in those forklores are children and animals. It can also be
taught by doing story-telling method with hypnoteaching technique and making a
reading text for pupils. The implication of the result of this research for
pupils is to make them more motivated and enthusiastic to learn with good
characters. Then, for the society in Kedurang, this research can hopefully be
one way in preserving folklores. Therefore, the andai-andai folklores are ideal to be used as learning material for
literature subject since it contains many good values of character education so
that it is needed to maintain and to tell the folklores from generation to generation.