Identifications of Character Values from the History of Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Buildings and Potentials for Learning History Resources in Schools

Abstract

History learning is full of value, both from past stories that can be used as learning, as well as from the various traces left behind. The traces left by history have now become cultural heritage which has important meaning for human life. In the context of education, this cultural heritage has the potential to be used as a source of historical learning because it has important values and character values that can be developed. One of the cultural heritages found in Metro, Lampung is the Dokterswoning cultural heritage building. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with inductive methods, to produce general conclusions. The results showed that 1) Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Building is a historical building from the era of the Dutch East Indies colonial government, which was built in 1939-1940 and is a residence for government doctors who were given the task of providing health services for colonists in Metro; 2) the important value of Dokterswoning as a source of historical learning lies in the contextual historical aspect and its existence as the guardian of a collective memory; 3) integrating the character values of the Dokterswoning Cultural Heritage Building into historical learning by the values of the national character in the Guidelines for the Development of Cultural Education and National Character and can be implemented according to Core Competencies and Basic Competencies in historical subjects. It is concluded that the history and heritage buildings of Dokterswoning have important values as sources of historical learning as well as some character values that can be developed in historical learning. Keywords: moral values, character values, cultural heritage buildings, learning resources, history learning, history education.