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Collaborating Wayang and Traditional Game for Early Chilhood Character Education
disusun oleh : SITI SUPENI
Kategori: Jurnal International - Dibaca: 2 kali
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Character building has become a concern in the early childhood education since it needs to be built in their early development. Many ways could be used to support character education, one of them is game. Game is the children’s natural activity which brings great value to the children character development such as sportive value, tenacity, group work, bravery, honesty, politeness, etc. The other way to build children character is through introducing them to cultural-art. This kind of activity could both develop the children’s character and preserve the nation culture which are vanishing due to the modernization era. Collaborating Wayang figures in Snake and Ladder Board Game help the children to learn good and bad characters through an enjoyable activity. This research used small scale Research and Development method which consist of exploration and product development. From the exploration stage, it could be stated that wayang based snake and ladder game had not been used in early childhood character education; and it was needed to develop such game which could both give character education and improve the students’ knowledge on wayang figures. Based on the findings of the exploration stage, wayang based snake and ladder board game was developed and then validated through expert judgment and field testing. The result showed that the product was feasible to be used in early childhood character education. KEYWORDS: character education, early childhood education, snake and ladder game, wayang.