The Development of Music Teaching Material in Cultural Art Subject for Primary School Students
Primary school in Indonesia makes cultural art as one of compulsary subject in Indonesia, with music as one of the sub-material contained in it. Even when the primary school curriculum is changed from the original 2013 curriculum to the latest version of 2013 curriculum revised in 2016; and the subject teaching pattern is made into thematic curriculum, however, music remains to be implemented as one of the educational medium. This study aims at finding out how the teaching materials of cultural art subject which contain music as one of the sub-material subject for students in primary school are developed by the teachers. The method implemented in this study was qualitative, while the research location were both in the city and region of Semarang, Indonesia. The data was collected through observation, interview, and documentation study. The data was then validated by using data triangulation. The data anlysis technique employed was interactive analysis. Results showed that the teaching material of music as one of sub-material in cultural art subject was developed individually by teachers. One of the most frequent technique done teachers was by replacing the lyrics of the existing songs. The lyric was replaced by the materials which were going to be taught to students. It is concluded that the development of music teaching material in primary school tends to emphasis on the development of song lyrics. Teachers replace the lyric of songs of certain familiar songs into the educational message and teaching materials that they want to deliver. It is suggested that new song creations containing educational messages as written in primary school‟s thematic curriculum are needed.