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.

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