Dongeng Bahasa Jawa sebagai Media Efektif untuk Membentuk Karakter Anak melalui Pembelajaran Berbasis Kearifan Lokal

Abstract

Storytelling is one method of listening. Listening to fairy tales is very effective because it suits a child's world which is full of imagination and fantasy. Fairy tales contain many moral messages that are beneficial for children's lives now and in the future. However, there are still many parents and teachers who have not been able to maximize and optimize the storytelling method in learning. This is due to several reasons, including teachers not mastering storytelling techniques well, not understanding the important character values in a fairy tale. Apart from that, many teachers lack material for storytelling. This research attempts to explain the influence of fairy tales as a medium or tool in an effort to shape the positive character of children and the younger generation in general as well as the characters in fairy tales, especially Javanese fairy tales. The aims of this research are to 1) find out what teachers and parents have been learning to tell stories through fairy tales; 2) to find out the advantages or strengths of fairy tales in relation to being a medium for character formation and 3) to find out the character values contained in Javanese fairy tales as character building for children. This research is a literature study using a qualitative approach. The data taken is in the form of qualitative descriptive data related to the influence and techniques of telling stories through fairy tales which can be a form of effort to shape children's character. Data sources in qualitative research are events, documents or manuscripts. The written data in this research is in the form of Javanese fairy tales taken randomly from the Solopos General Daily. This research takes data from written references and direct observations of the implementation of storytelling in learning. From the results of this research, it was found that fairy tales are an effective medium for forming children's character, there are many moral messages and character values that are important as a means of forming children's character. These values include; tolerance, love of the country, patience, responsibility, social concern, religion, mutual cooperation, honesty, humility, and devotion to parents.