Developing Humanism Through the Teaching and Learning of Traditional Arts in Indonesia

The rising numbers of violence in Indonesia seem to be hard to solve. The panacea for the problem is not yet formulated. People have expected much to end the violence. In this context, the teaching and learning of traditional arts is often treated as a strategic form of teaching to drive away the violence. Based the problem, this research aims at describing form of humanism development through the teaching and learning process of traditional arts. The subjects of this qualitative research are the students of Dancing department of Yogyakarta State University. Data collection includes observation, interview, and library research. Data were analyzed using descriptive-interpretative technique. To check the reliability, triangulation technique and expert judgment from artist and arts teacher, and expert of culture were used. The research results show that the development of humanism through process of learning and teaching traditional arts can be seen from: (1) character-based teaching and learning process concentrating in three aspects cognitive, affective, and psychomotor, (2) the development of humanism values seen from the interaction among the students and with members of society.