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Publication Date: 2021
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Local Wisdom-Based Character Education for Special Needs Students in Inclusive Elementary Schools
Syamsi, Ibnu; Tahar, Mohd. Muchtor
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, v16 n6 p3329-3342 2021
The research aims to describe how local wisdom can be orchestrated in the well-implemented character education for inclusive elementary schools (ESs). A total of 50 teachers and 200 students from 50 inclusive ESs in four districts and one municipality in Indonesia participated in the study. The data, collected by conducting interviews, observation, and documentation, were analyzed by means of qualitative descriptive techniques. There were three major themes identified. Students preferred traditional games as their favorite means of learning. Togetherness in team-based games encouraged the students to see their special needs differences as normal. Furthermore, the accessibility of the traditional games' tools empowered the students. These findings suggest that traditional children's games are to be elaborated and used to support the local wisdom-based character education in the inclusive ESs, and teachers are to initiate and develop the use of various locally originated children's games to enhance character education.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Game Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Values Education, Normalization (Disabilities), Student Empowerment, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Populations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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