Javanese Arabic Poetry in the Traditional Book "Alala" as an Effort to Prevent Moral Degradation in Students in the Modern Education Era

Abstract

Morals or Adab is very important for us students of knowledge. We have moved on from the rampant cases of moral degradation that occur by students against teachers, so it is easy for us to find them on social media. This Classroom Action Research Study (PTK) aims to instill character and moral education in students and permeate the meaning and content of "alala" verses about the manners and morals of a student to the teacher. This research method uses a quantitative approach with PTK. This study involved 35 students of class X who were positioned as research objects. This research is carried out through the reading of the verse "Alala" which is carried out routinely every morning in class, after the reading takes place, students are directed to understand, appreciate, and absorb the meaning and content of the values contained in the poem. The results of this study inform that the reading and interpretation of the poem "Alala" regularly, the results were obtained that there was an increase in the aspects of manners and manners of students. Following up on the findings in this study, it is necessary to develop a wider range of research such as adding research subjects both in terms of number and level of education.