The School Literacy Movement (SLM) was launched in 2015 by the Indonesian government in response to the concerns of many parties regarding the readiness of the Indonesian young generation to face the challenges of the 21st-century. This paper examined the philosophical foundations of SLM by scrutinizing the School Literacy Movement Master Design published in 2019 as the object of study. This study was a descriptive qualitative study, using the inferential content analysis method. The findings were: (1) the philosophical foundation of SLM that is portrayed in the object of study are essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, existentialism, and critical pedagogy, and (2) the object of the study is strongly influenced by the philosophy of progressivism since the writers of the SLM Master Design were more focused on the effort to prepare the students to face the 21st-century challenges. Gerakan Literasi Sekolah (GLS) atau The School Literacy Movement (SLM) atau dicanangkan pada tahun 2015 oleh pemerintah Indonesia, sebagai jawaban atas keprihatinan banyak pihak terkait kesiapan generasi muda Indonesia menghadapi tantangan abad 21. Tulisan ini mengkaji landasan filosofis SLM dengan menelaah Desain Induk Gerakan Literasi Sekolah terbitan 2019 sebagai objek kajian. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif yang menggunakan metode analisis isi inferensial. Temuan penelitian adalah: (1) Landasan filosofis SLM yang tergambar dalam objek kajian adalah esensialisme, perenialisme, progresivisme, eksistensialisme, dan pedagogi kritis; dan (2) Objek kajian sangat dipengaruhi oleh filosofi progresivisme karena penulis Desain Induk SLM lebih fokus pada upaya mempersiapkan siswa untuk menghadapi tantangan abad ke-21.

A postcolonial reading of literary works remains relevant since the characters, stories and various issues related to the colonial domination discussed in literary texts may serve as a means for its readers to learn more about life under colonialism. This article examines how Doris Lessing, a British-Rhodesian author, and Seno Gumira Ajidarma, an Indonesian author, reveal the issue of discrimination of African native community and Indonesian-Chinese community because of the act of othering, respectively, from a postcolonial lens. This study used the critical content analysis technique on two literary works, namely Lessing's short story entitled "No Witchcraft for Sale" and Ajidarma's short story entitled "Clara", which is based on Spivak's theory of othering. Specific dialogues and utterances related to instances of discrimination were analyzed to uncover the othering of individuals, in this case, the main characters of the stories Lessing's short story captures the struggles encountered by the main character named Gideon, who belongs to the majority group, while Ajidarma's short story provides the portrayal of a young native Indonesian-Chinese descent who is a member of a minority group. The study found that Gideon faced racial discrimination and on the other hand, Clara faces racial and gender discrimination. By comparing two different literary works coming from two different cultures, nationalities, and historical backgrounds focusing on the issues of othering from a postcolonial perspective, this article can serve as a means for its readers to learn more about how the discrimination stemmed from different histories and how cultural background can create similar outcomes.

Article scrutinized one of the works of an American woman poet named Elizabeth Akers Allen. The poem under study entitled “Rock Me to Sleep”. It was a portrayal of motherhood. The speaker of this poem is a woman who is longing for the love of her mother. She is seeking for a way to ease her pain since she feels that she has lost her own battle of womanhood. Although the mother remains absent, the readers of the poem can sense the powerful love of the speaker of the poem toward her mother. Method of this study was library research that carried out by applying descriptive analytical methods. Data were collected from the primary and secondary sources. Results of this paper are the writer of poetry wants to warn people that womanhood in the patriarchal society can create many problems, and the only remedy for those problems is motherhood. Article also proves that a writer does not have to be a feminist to produce a literary text which discusses the issue of women, which has became the focus of feminism.

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan mendiskripsikan penggunaan nursery rhymes untuk mengembangkan karakter anak usia dini. Penelitian ini menganalisis tiga nursery rhymes yaitu "A Wise Old Owl", "Baa Baa Black Sheep", dan "The North Wond Doth Blow" dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tiga nursery rhymesini merupakan media yang efektif untuk mendidik karakter anak. Nursery rhymes ini dapat meningkatkan cinta anak didik kepada Tuhan dan ciptaannya. Metode ini juga mampu menjadikan orang yang rendah hati, hormat dan mengasihi orang lain. Selanjutnya, berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini, penggunaan nursery rhymes di kelas dapat mengembangkan karakter anak-anak usia dini. Kata kunci: Nursery Rhymes, pendidikan karakter, anak usia dini NURSERY RHYMES UTILIZATION AS A MEDIA FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CHARACTER EDUCATION AbstractThis study aims to describe the use of nursery rhymes in developing young learners' characters. It analyses three nursery rhymes, namely "A Wise Old Owl", "Baa Baa Black Sheep", and "The North Wind Doth Blow".The study employed descriptive qualitative method and the results of the study shown those three nursery rhymescould be seen as effective media for teachers to teach character education to the young learners. Those nursery rhymescould increase young learners' love toward God and all the things in this universe, it also able to transform them into people with good-humble, respectful-well mannered and affectionate-care characters. Thus, based on the results of this study, the use of nursery rhymes in the classroom was capable of improving young learners' characters. Keywords: Nursery Rhymes, character education, young learner PENDAHULUANPuisi anonim di yang digunakan oleh Lickona (2004:3-4), untuk mengingatkan akan pentingnya pikiran, perkataan, perbuatan, dan kebiasaan dalam pendidikan karakter. Seperti yang tersirat dalam puisi di atas, pendidikan karakter amatlah penting karena berkaitan dengan kehidupan seseorang dimasa yang akan datang, puisi anonym itu adalah seperti berikut: Jika mencermati kondisi dewasa ini, Indonesia berada pada titik yang mengkhawatirkan karena tengah mengalami krisis moral dan kepribadian. Seperti yang dikatakan Tilaar, bahwa beberapa indikator gagalnya membangun moral dan kepribadian bangsa antara lain adalah sering terjadinya perilaku yang penuh dengan kekerasan, perbuatan curang, tidak menghormati figur orang yang lebih tua, kejam terhadap sesama, mementingkan diri sendiri, kurang berkembang sikap demokratis, menurunnya tanggung jawab sebagai warga negara, dan perilaku merusak diri (2000:51). Megawangi (2010) menambahkan bahwa fakta di atas menunjukkan bahwa institusi pendidikan Indonesia telah gagal dalam menumbuhkan manusia Indonesia yang berkarakter atau berakhlak mulia. Menurut Fauziah (2012:232), pendidikan di Indonesia "cenderung condong pada kecerdasan kognisi yang kaku dan belum menunjukkan keberpihakan pendidikan pada pembangunan karakter".Oleh sebab itu, pembentukan dan pengembangan karakter sebaiknya dimulai sedini m...

(Tittle: Adults-Children Power Relations in Judy Blume’s “Blubber”). This study aims to uncover the power relations between adults and children in Judy Blume’s novel entitled Blubber. This study used a qualitative method by paying attention to the expressions used in the novel related to the topic of power relations of adults-children. Peer debriefing techniques were applied in this study in order to achieve the validity of the research results. The collected data of dialogues and narrations suggest that adults assert dominance toward children especially physically and psychologically as a consequence of the adults’ ideologies while trying to retain the image of a mentor. On the other hand, they also give spaces for children to grow and develop themselves. The research also revealed how Blubber paints a more realistic depiction of children and explores more of their human nature beyond images of innocence and naivety.             Keywords: abuse, Blubber, children’s literature, egalitarian, power relations