Development of Textbooks Based on Local Wisdom for Character Building of Elementary Education Students

Abstract

Character is easily understood as characteristic-good values (knowing the value of goodness, wanting to do real good, having a good life, and having a good impact on the environment) which are embedded in oneself and are embodied in behavior. Coherently, character emanates from the results of thinking, heart, exercise, and feeling and intention of a person or group of people. Character is a characteristic of a person or group of people who contain values, abilities, moral capacities, and courage in facing difficulties and challenges. Character is synonymous with morals, so that character is the universal values of human behavior that include all human activities, both in relation to God, with oneself, with fellow humans, and with the environment, which are manifested in thoughts, attitudes, feelings, words, and actions based on religious norms, law, karma, culture, and customs as a form of local wisdom where students are. Learning activities are a form of transferring subject matter that can change the mindset and behavior of students as outlined in textbooks. The textbook in question has been prepared based on local culture and wisdom, as well as to be implemented in student learning activities. This knowledge transfer pattern is included in a learning activity designed and developed in accordance with individual characteristics and learning objectives. The developed textbooks based on culture and local wisdom give decent results to be used in building student character.