Local Wisdom in Early Childhood Education

Abstract

This study aims to look at and analyze local wisdom in early childhood education today. Because not all educational institutions, especially Early Childhood Education, are able to implement an education system based on local wisdom. The increasingly modern life system and the globalization of the world make children’s lives more realistic and risky for various kinds of problems to arise. Good parenting and parenting patterns will introduce local culture to children which influence several important aspects of the process and achievements of children. Early childhood education institutions have a very high existence in the community. That way the author is very interested in being able to dig deeper about the application of cultural values, namely local wisdom in early childhood education. Forms of local wisdom in early childhood education can open and expand children’s insight into the importance of knowing and knowing the meaning of culture from an early age so that self-love for local culture grows and develops. Local wisdom in early childhood education has many positive impacts for both school institutions, teachers and students, and the community environment. Teachers or instructors become more professional in determining the concepts and structures of learning implemented in schools. In addition, students are also more skilled, independent, and synergized in instilling a social and religious spirit with noble character. The success of the quality and quality of schools can be seen from the developments that occur in children. The method in this study uses qualitative research methods. The type of research used is library research. Where the author seeks and understands data about local wisdom in early childhood education through informantion in the form of learning local wisdom in early childhood. Searching for data through book references and media sources such as journals, scientific papers and the like, both print and electronic so that the data obtained is relevant.