Analysis Of Need Development Of Literacy Pocket Book Based Cerpen – Gram To Empower Multicultural Characters Of Primary School Students

This research aims to analyze problems related to Multicultural Character Education Empowerment (PPK) at higher class of Prmary School and to analyze need development of literacy pocket book based on cerpen – gram as multicultural character empowerment for higher class of Primary School. This qualitative decriptive research used observation, interview, and documentation study techniques by using the researcher as the main instrument. The findings of the research showed that PPK in empowering multicultural character based on culture and exemplary method got model limitation. There was almost no variative model at schools, especially in villages, which could be modelized directly by students. Since school society at village was relatively homogeneous and different to urban school society which was heterogeneous, their roles were not fullly relevant to the students‘ mindsets. In another hand, adult school society members had maturer mindset while the students remained with their child mindsets. In fact, children are not miniatures of adults. There is a need of exemplary model as social – cultural reflection packaged into literacy pocket book based on cerpen – gram (table diagram of short-stroy intrinsict elements). The book consisted of description of child multicultural perspective, the examples of using the book to empower child multiculural character, and forms to fill by students as well as the guidance as internalization strategy of multicultural values.