Comparing the Effect of Wayang Pahlawan and Documentary Film for Cultivating Nationalism among Elementary School Student

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Wayang Pahlawan (learning media) and documentary film (learning media) for cultivating nationalism among fourth-grade students. The type of this study was comparative with a quasi-experimental approach. This study was carried from March to July 2019. The subjects in this study were fourth-grade students (aged 9-10 years) at Public Elementary School of 9 Purwodadi, Central Java, Indonesia (n = 38). Subjects were divided into two study groups. The first group was a group of students who received media treatment of Wayang Pahlawan. In contrast, the second group was a group of students who received media treatment of the documentary film. The data collection method used a questionnaire related to nationalism indicators. Validity test of items used the Product Moment Correlation, while KR 20 formula for reliability test. The normality test used the Liliefors method, the homogeneity test used the Leven test, while the hypothesis test used the Independent Sample T-Test. This study showed that Wayang Pahlawan and the documentary film showed an increase between the pretest and post-test results. It means that Wayang Pahlawan and documentary film can cultivate nationalism among fourth-grade students. Meanwhile, the documentary film was more effective in cultivating nationalism than Wayang Pahlawan. This study contributes to the existing literature about character education, especially nationalism. Data given will provide the elementary school teachers, department of elementary school teacher education, as well as ministry of education with information on how to cultivate nationalism effectively.