Integration of local wisdom coastal communities in early childhood education learning

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the integration of local wisdom coastal communities into early childhood education learning in the Buton, Indonesia. This research uses a mixed-method approach, i.e. combining qualitative and quantitative methods simultaneously. The results of this study indicate that the institution of early childhood education at Regency Buton already implement well the potential of local wisdom coastal communities into the learning of early childhood education. This is contained in the payload of the curriculum learning in aspects of child development (religious and moral values, physical development, cognitive, socio-emotional, language and art); aspects of the themes of learning, learning media aspects, aspects of the approach to learning and behavioral aspects of conditioning.