THE APPLICATION OF A COOPERATIVE MODEL IN LEARNING LITERARY APPRECIATION BASED ON CULTURAL VALUES AND CHARACTER EDUCATION IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
Wijaya Heru Santosa, Rusdian Noor Dermawan, Siti Rochmiyati, and Anselmus Sudirman
Abstract
The objectives of this study are to describe (1) the application of cooperative learning and the literary appreciation of based on cultural values and character education in private universities, and (2) Constraints in learning the literary appreciation based on cultural values and character education along with cooperative learning in private universities.
Data were collected by using observation, documentation, interview techniques with lecturers and students in 4 private universities, namely Veteran University of Bantara Nusantara, Sukoharjo, Widyadharma Klaten University, Klaten, Central Java and Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University, Yogyakarta, and PGRI University, Yogyakarta. Data were analyzed by using a qualitative model interactive analysis (Miles & Hubermen, 1992:15-170).
The results of the study show that (1) the implementation of cooperative learning in the literary appreciation based on cultural values and character education in private universities is carried out in relation to a variety of lecture methods, group discussions, assignments, and lecture method seminars. The contents of the lecture on literary appreciation are relevant to the characteristics of each private university; (2) constraints in the learning of literary appreciation based on cultural values and character education in line with cooperative learning in private universities include (1) students tend not to have an attitude of pluralism, some students do not understand the meaning of character education and cultural values, lack of interest and reading power of literary appreciation; (2) some lecturers have taught literary appreciation using cooperative models, but they have not had time to study the theory of cooperative learning models; (3) the variety of literary appreciation teaching materials may vary among the privates universities; (4) there is neither teaching material nor cooperative models for literary appreciation based on cultural values and character education.