Developing Students’ Moral Value through Folklore in Multilingual Setting: A Case Study in the Development of Morality

Mr. Ketut Warta

doi:https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i1.131201201

Submit Manuscript Login / Register Subscribe

Home Page

Editorial Board Members

Mission, Aims & Scope

Current Issue

Developing Students’ Moral Value through Folklore in Multilingual Setting: A Case Study in the Development of Morality

Ketut Warta

https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i1.131201201

Published Online: January 04, 2012

Author Details ( * ) denotes Corresponding author

1. * Ketut Warta, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Department of English, Institute of Tecaher Training and Science Education (IKIP), Mataram, Tenggara, Indonesia (ketutwarta@gmail.com)

There is a strong belief that morals and morality cannot be taught and developed. This study is intended to examine the intrinsic aspects of folklore and its contributions, and impacts on students’ moral value development.

Design/methodology/Approach – Prior to the experiment, a questionnaire dealing with ethnicity, religion, moral dilemma, moral origin, moral principle, prayer and killing was distributed to different group of students at IKIP Mataram.

Findings - Every element of the story is carefully interpreted. Analysis of the intrinsic aspect results that folklore presents not only social conflict but also suggests some ways to overcome the conflict; and that conflicts of such kind can be solved if only we are wise enough to face them. Finally, using performance level, it is found that folklores can help develop students to be morally good students and better humanist; it develops from modest to fairly good. Result of the study also indicates that student majoring in language and literature show good life to live than those with science education.

Research Limitation/Implication – This research is limited to locally collected data and the accuracy of data analysis.

Practical Implications – The results of this research would help our Institution better understand the importance of morality in curriculum; and help teachers develop suitable teaching material.

Originality/Value – This is the first experimental study on morality carried out at IKIP Mataram. It provides a significant source of information for the Institution and teachers.

Keywords

Folklore, Change, Human Value, Multilingual, Morality.

Alder, V.S. (2007), “The Fifth Dimension: The Future of mankind”, London, The Hutchinson Publishing Group.
Alwi, M.T. (2004), “Maharaja Ali and La Kalai”, Mataram, Mahadi Persada Press.
Bata, I.M. (2010), “Character Education: Its Problem and Implementation in Higher Education”, Paper Presented in National Seminar and Workshop on Character Education, Ministry of National Education, Mataram, 17 April 2010.
Burns, Horbert W. and Brauner, Charles J. (1975), “Philosophy of Education”, New York, The Ronald Press Company.
Collie, J. and S. Slater. (1987), “Literature in the Language Classroom”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Dawkins, R. (2007), “The God Delusion”, London, The Random House Group Ltd.
Diamond, M. L. (1974), “Contemporary Philosophy and Religious Thought: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion”, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Eagleson, R and Krama, L. (1976), “Language and Literature”, London, Nelson.
Fromkin, V. and Rodman, R. (1978), “An Introduction to Language”, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Hartati, Siti Pratami (2007), “A Study on Folklore and Students’ Learning Achievement”, Unpublished Thesis, IKIP Mataram.
Hill, J. (1986), “Using Literature in Language Teaching”, London, MacMillan.
Mar & Wittgenstein (2002), “Knowledge, Morality and Politics”, London, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Mulyani, S. (2010), “Understanding Tradional Expressions as Javanese Local Wisdom in Generating Scietal Harmony”, Paper Presented in International Conference and Rancage Award 2010, Auditorium of Yogyakarta State University, May 29, 2010.
Searle, John R. (1987), “Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language”, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Wardani, Sri. (2006), “Improving Students’ Vocabulary through Folklore”, Unpublished Thesis, IKIP Mataram.