Tudang Sipulung: Integrating South Sulawesi local wisdom into learning practice in teacher learning community

Abstract

Teacher professional development is an effort attempted at maintaining teachers to always possess the required competency. One form of these teacher professional development programs is done through a community. One of community social assets is local cultural wisdom. Tudang Sipulung is one of South Sulawesi local wisdoms which has been growing and been applied from generation to generation. This research implements qualitative method, a case study on Gamacca community particularly. Gamacca is a teacher learning community in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi. The researcher is going to describe how the values and practices of Tudang Sipulung are integrated into the learning process in a teacher learning community. This research concludes that there are some characteristics on Tudang Sipulung-based learning practice through teacher learning community. The members of Gamacca perceive several benefits from the learning practice which is the integration of value and practice of tudang sipulung. The values and practices of Tudang Sipulung which are integrated into the learning practice of teacher community provide various advantages for sustainable teacher professional development.

Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Decision Making of Rice Farming in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

“…Furthermore, Bugis and Makassar have some common features of the agricultural tradition prior to seed planting and after the harvest called Tudang Sipulung. Tudang Sipulung is a local wisdom practiced by farmers to solve problems related to agriculture, geared toward meeting the needs of local communities and being more sustainable and integrated into governmental and educational activities [12][13][14][15]. In Tudang Sipulung, farmers discuss the appropriate planting schedule, selection of the paddy variety, use of artificial fertilizers, and agreement on the price of the paddy [16].…”