The Local Wisdom Value in Literary Teaching Material in IndonesianLanguage Textbook

Inserting the local wisdom in the learning process is one of the effective ways to instill character in students. In the realm of formal education, the implementation of local wisdom can be incorporated with the Indonesianlanguage textbook, especially in literary teaching materials. Literary is considered as a means of implementing the value of local wisdom in learning since it reflects human life. This research aimed to explore the local wisdom contained in literary teaching materials in Indonesian language textbook of grade VIII of junior high school. This current research deployed a qualitative descriptive approach with content analysis techniques. The data were originated from literary teaching material in Indonesian language textbook for grade VIII of junior high school of 2013 curriculum in the form of poetry, drama text, and short story. The findings of this research informed that there were several local wisdom contained in Indonesian language textbook dealing with literary teaching materials such as 1) religious value, 2) social value, and 3) moral value. Moral value was the most prominent values in the literary teaching materials compared to religious and social values.