Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Folk Tales As A Character Education Tool For Children

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296701,
        author={Supardjo  Supardjo and Dyah  Padmaningsih and Sujono  Sujono},
        title={Folk Tales As A Character Education Tool For Children},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BASA},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={tale learning character children},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296701}
    }
    
  • Supardjo Supardjo
    Dyah Padmaningsih
    Sujono Sujono
    Year: 2020
    Folk Tales As A Character Education Tool For Children
    BASA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296701
Supardjo Supardjo1,*, Dyah Padmaningsih1, Sujono Sujono1
  • 1: Universitas Sebelas Maret
*Contact email: supardjo@gmail.com

Abstract

Folk tales are an effective fictional stories to convey moral messages and a means of character education, especially for children. The content of the story is a folklore and a true story by using objects as symbols, animals or plants that are conveyed orally so as to form a story of a life journey and contains moral messages on how to interact with other beings. The article "Fairytale as a Means of Character Education for Children" is part of an active independent research entitled "The Value of Character in Javanese Language Tales with the basis of Child Character Education (Ethnolinguistics)". This study aimed to describe the character learning through tales. This research was conducted through qualitative descriptive research. Data sources are in the form or oral data that came from informants. The data used in this study are tales in Javanese. The collection of data used interview technique with informants. e the problem using the matching method. Based on the results of data analysis, folk tales illustrate such characteristics as follows: sincere, honest, accepting, harmonious, and patient.