APPLICATIONS OF SUNDA CULTURE KINDERGARTEN BASED ON ETNOPEDAGOGIC AND TECHNOPEDAGOGY AS AN EFFORT TO STIMULATE THE MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF WEST JAVA SOCIETY 5.0

Abstract

Indonesia is a multi-cultural country; the icon will remain in the future if the owners of regional culture in Indonesia are able to uphold and commit to moral responsibility for the life of Indonesian people in the future. Sundanese culture is one of the cultures known in the world, but in the context of the decline of Sundanese identity to the successors of Sundanese culture, namely early childhood in the province of West Java, it is hampered by the digital concept as world culture today. This issue is a positive whip for observers of early childhood education in West Java province to show responsibility in fulfilling children's rights so that they deserve to live in the era of society 5.0. Efforts made to solve these problems in this research are digitizing media based on ethnopedology (Sundanese Culture) and techno pedagogic (Android digital applications) which are designed to stimulate the mental development of West Java people in the era of society 5.0. The digitization of the media in this study resulted in an application for Kindergarten Sundanese Culture that can be used on Android smartphones. The results of trials of media application carried out in 4 areas of West Java Province (Bandung City, Bandung Regency, Purwakarta Regency, and Tasikmalaya City, Indonesia showed that the application of Kindergarten Sundanese Culture was appropriate to be used for efforts to stimulate the mental development of West Java humans in the era of Society 5.0.