EDUCATION THROUGH LITERATURE: CURRENT SCENARIO OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE APPRECIATION TEXTBOOKS WITH FOCUS IN INDONESIA

Abstract This study aims to determine the condition of poetry appreciation textbooks used in universities in Indonesia. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research. Data in the form of interviews with informants and the results of document analysis. The sources of this research data include (1) informants, namely lecturers who teach Indonesian Language and Literature courses in the Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program (PGSD) throughout the Special Region of Yogyakarta (UNY, UAD, USD, UST, and UPY); (2) Semester Learning Plan (RPS) used to teach children's literature material or appreciation of elementary school children's literature (SD). Data collection using the in-depth interview method with recording techniques, as well as listening methods with recording techniques and transcribing recordings with orthographic transcription. The methods and techniques of data analysis used are interactive model analysis techniques, namely data condensation, data display, drawing and verifying conclusions. The results of surveys and exploratory studies at five universities in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY). The result of the study is that the children's satra appreciation textbook used by the PGSD Study Program in the five universities has not linked philosophical meaning and educational value in the study of literary appreciation, children's literature appreciation, especially those sourced from the Serat Sari Swara manuscript by Ki Hajar Dewantara. Therefore, it is important to develop children's literature textbooks that contain philosophical meanings and educational values that can provide a deep understanding of the meaning and message implied in the poem to internalize the educational values contained in literary works.