Decrease or increase: Analysis the existence of local wisdom as the core of education in the era of technology
Siti Komariah, Fajar Nugraha Asyahidda
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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 technological 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 peoples 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.
Keywords: local wisdom, technological challenge, global culture
Topic: Other Areas of Education