Decrease or Increase: Analysis of the Existence of Local Wisdom as the Core of Education in the Technology Era
Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Local wisdom is an element that is very important for human life which contains values, norms, and customs that are valid and have been around for a long time.The existence of local wisdom is a necessity because it was born and developed along with the birth of life and culture and is used as one of the main points in the development of education.However, in this technology era, local wisdom is at a point where it continues to exist and is able to face technological challenges or turn into a global culture.Through research with qualitative design and using participatory observation strategies conducted in the Kampung Dukuh of West Java, Indonesia for 3 years, it was concluded that the existence of local wisdom could be lost due to massive use of technology in all fields, especially in the social aspects where human interaction was guided by technology.However, on the other hand this research has proven that technology combined with local wisdom that aims to maintain the existence of both succeeded in increasing people's understanding of the values of local wisdom and the importance of this as the core of education that emphasizes values and norms.The implications of these brilliant results are expected to be able to motivate the next generation to be able to become good citizens of the world by prioritizing local wisdom values as one of the cores of Education.
Source: Asian Education Symposium (AES)
Authors: Siti Komariah, Fajar Nugraha Asyahidda
Institution: Indonesia University of Education
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3025738641