Open AccessIntegrating Peace Education in Literature Class
Author(s) -
Imas Istiani,
Zuhrul Anam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rainbow/rainbow: journal of literature, linguistics and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-4540
pISSN - 2252-6323
DOI - 10.15294/rainbow.v10i1.46147
Subject(s) - peace education , peacebuilding , class (philosophy) , subject (documents) , perception , terrorism , pedagogy , political science , psychology , sociology , mathematics education , public administration , law , epistemology , library science , computer science , philosophy , neuroscience
The increasing cases of terrorism and extremism unite practitioners and theoreticians to put serious attention to the role of education for peacebuilding. However, finding an appropriate strategy connecting literature education to peacebuilding is challenging. Thus, the study explored the effectiveness of engaging suitable literary works to be used at schools to convey a peaceful message through To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) and The Kite Runner (TKR). The study was conducted in 4 classes of Literary Work Analysis course of IAIN Syekh Nurjati students in the second semester of 2018/2019 by applying Wahyudin’s (2018) five factors of peace education implementation in the classrooms. The study aimed to 1) investigate how to integrate peace education into the literature class and 2) elucidate the students' perception of peace education in the integrated literature class. It was found that applying peace education should consider 1) objectives, 2) subject contents, 3) methods and strategies, 4) media, and 5) learning evaluation. Students also perceived and learned about peace education by addressing some related issues in their papers and a survey.