The Development of Textbooks Using Modern Javanese Novels of 1950s-2000s Periods to Strengthen the Character Education: An Exploratory Research

Abstract

Modern Javanese novels are unusual materials for students to learn resulting from the limited numbers of Javanese novels and reference books on Javanese novels to support learning. The materials used in the learning activities do not pertain to the needs analysis of the students. The subjects of this research development were the students and lecturers of Literary Criticism subject. The techniques applied for obtaining the data were questionnaires, interviews, and observations. The researchers gaineddata from many sources to strengthen the validity. The sources were events, informants, and documents. The techniques used to ensure thedata validity were data triangulation, source triangulation, method triangulation, and theory triangulation. The techniques in the data analysis were data collection and classification, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion or verification.