The Learning of Arts and Cultures in the Farm Field School for the Illegal Indonesian Migrant Workers' Children: A Case Study from Community Learning Center (CLC) at Sabah, Malaysia

摘要

The aim of this study is to explain the status of the school and the materials of arts and cultural learning that is taught to the students with CLC (Community Learning Center) based. The location of the study was taken purposively in three locations; CLC Belinin, CLC Serat Bangsa Kimanis and CLC Ladang Cepat. This study is a qualitative naturalistic study. The technique of the data collection is done by active observation, in-depth interview, and documents and archives analysis. The researchers used the triangulation method to the source of informant, places and events, and the source of the documents and achieve to check the data validity and reliability. To make accurate conclusions, the data was analyzed with interactive technique where the data is collected, reduced, verified, and presented. The data analysis is conducted couple of times continuously in a certain cycle to generate a valid conclusion. The result of this study shows that CLC is a unique learning method for children from the illegal Indonesian migrant workers because it is located in a foreign country which is in Malaysia. The location of the school is far from the city and the learning teaching process is informal, but the status of the organization of the school is formally under The Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia. The materials for arts and cultural learning is focused to introduce the Indonesian cultures included (1) painting (2) coloring (3) drawing batik (4) traditional games (5) singing national songs (6) traditional dances (7) learning about Indonesia and (8) plaiting arts.