Bildungsroman for Character Education in Higher Education: An Indonesian Context

Abstract

Considering the lack of research on character education in higher education, this paper proposes that Bildungsroman, a genre concerned with a protagonist's development and education from childhood to adulthood, fits perfectly into the recent need of literary works for teaching character education in college. Employing literature review, this paper argues that Bildungsroman satisfies the major requirements for literary works for character education in college drawn from O'Sullivan (2004). Bildungsroman also provides a rich source for cultivation of character traits as stipulated by the Indonesian Department of National Education (2010). Furthermore, the general theme of self-development is highly appropriate to the nature of character education in higher education, namely as a continuation and consolidation of the character developed in college students' previous education. It is expected that the present study will contribute to the teaching of character education through literature, although further studies are required in order to explore the effective teaching and learning techniques.

Pembelajaran Inovatif Pendidikan Karakter Pada Mata Kuliah Bahasa Indonesia Meningkatkan Kualitas Sikap, Minat, dan Hasil Belajar Siswa

“…Pendidikan karakter bertujuan untuk mengembangkan karakter siswa. (Muassomah et al, 2020;Novianti, 2017;Supriyadi et al, 2021) Secara garis besar riset ketiga artikel tersebut memberikan deskripsi bahwa pendidikan karakter memberi arti penting dalam dunia pendidikan. Pentingnya pendidikan karakter telah dirasakan sepanjang waktu di berbagai belahan dunia, mungkin dengan label yang berbeda dan dengan penekanan yang berfluktuasi, di mana sewaktu-waktu dapat disorot dan dipromosikan dalam kurikulum eksklusif dan di lain waktu, itu tertanam atau secara implisit dimasukkan dalam kurikulum yang ada.…”

The Development of Character through Extra-Curricular Programs

“…They also stated that education has the same essence and meaning with moral education and character education (Suyatno, Sumedi, & Riadi, 2009). The goal is to build learners' personality, to be a good human being, a citizen, and a good nation.In addition, as good human criteria, good citizens, and good nation for a nation's society are, in general, certain social values that are heavily influenced by the culture of the peoples (Novianti, 2017). Therefore, the essence of character education in the context of education in Indonesia is the value of education, namely the noble values education that comes from the culture of the Indonesian nation itself, in order to foster the personality of the young generation.…”

Literature for Character Building: What to Teach and How According to Recent Research

“…Literature imitates reality resulting in a reflection of life, which affects the readers as the audience (Abrams, 1999;Blangsinga et al, 2021). Thus, education can also be reflected in literature, and literature can be used to teach character education to the students (Aghni et al, 2020;Agustin et al, 2020;Amaruddin et al, 2020;Istiharoh & Indartono, 2019;Novianti, 2017;Rahmawati & Liliani, 2019). Moreover, in the 21 st Century, the rapid growth of digital technology has rendered it dematerialized, demonetized, and democratized (Diamandis & Kotler, 2012).…”