Fostering Peace and Harmony Through Indonesian Heroes’ Stories: A Systematic Review of Literature

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10.2991/978-2-38476-060-2_32How to use a DOI?

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Children stories; systemic literature review; national heroes; peace; literacy

Abstract

In this article, we explored how the Indonesian national hero stories have been constructed and how the academic scholars perceive, critic, and encourage the development of Indonesian children’s storybooks about national heroes. We conducted a systematic review of literature in the following steps: (1) formulating the problem, (2) searching the literature, (3) gathering information from studies, (4) interpreting the evidence and (5) presenting the results. We limited our search to stories and studies of national heroes that originally came from Aceh Province. This inclusion criteria narrowed our focus into six Acehnese national heroes; (1) Malahayati, (2) Cut Meutia, (3) Teuku Umar, (4) Cut Nyak Dien, (5) Teuku Nyak Arief, and (6) Teuku Muhammad Hasan. The findings show that the stories of those six Acehnese heroes with their courageous acts have been passed to generations of Indonesians to nurture patriotism. They have been told through school textbooks, movies, and other media. However, we found many of these stories generally tell the same storyline, lead to predictable ends, and expect singular perspective moral value. As the result, such telling of Indonesia’s national heroes’ stories has turned the national heroes into mythical, unrealistic beings which might make it hard for students to connect and relate. Additionally, the stories typically contain acts of violence with less value on peace and harmony. These findings indicate that Indonesian children’s storybooks on national heroes, particularly on those six Acehnese heroes, need to be deconstructed and reconstructed. Children need alternatives to heroes’ stories that challenge their critical perspective towards what it means to be a patriot and why maintaining peace and harmony is crucial in Indonesia.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Firman Parlindungan
AU  - Irfan Rifai
AU  - Rahmad Nuthihar
AU  - Sofie Dewayani
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/29
TI  - Fostering Peace and Harmony Through Indonesian Heroes’ Stories: A Systematic Review of Literature
BT  - Proceedings of the  4th International Conference on Progressive Education 2022 (ICOPE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 349
EP  - 364
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-060-2_32
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-060-2_32
ID  - Parlindungan2023
ER  -