Multicultural Approach Based Education Model Contribution Towards Appreciation of the Values of Local Wisdom of Elementary School Students in Bandar Lampung Indonesia

Abstract

The personality of the learner is determined by the strength and ability of the local genius, so as to enable development in the future. Schools, especially basic education should make a habit of multi-cultural approach to integrate the values of local cultural wisdom in the process of learning in the classroom, extra curricular or student activities. The aim of the research was to examine the contribution of educational model based on the multi-cultural approach to appreciating the value of local wisdom. The research used a quasi experimental, the study population is elementary school students, the sampling is determined by use an error rate of 5%, so that the number of samples is 40 students of the sixth grade. The research was conducted for one semester. The data of local wisdom value appreciation was collected through a questionnaire consisting of 5 aspects, namely: local knowledge, local culture, local skills, local resources and local social process and was analyzed descriptivequantitatively and statistic by t test. The result of the research is that the application of an education model based on multicultural approach contributed to the appreciation of the value of local wisdom

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“…However, the process of internalizing local wisdom values among students has been occurring. Moreover, elementary schools are limited in the conceptual scope, not realized into a concrete life [6]. Through learning materials adjusted to growth level, students are stimulated to be nationalist by integrating local wisdom values in teaching and learning process [7].…”