Syamsul Bakhri Gaffar
Shifting cultural values are becoming a problem in sustainable development, caused by a weakened understanding of variable cultural values. The family has an influence over this, particularly in the field of education or socialisation of values in the family environment. As a result, embedding local cultural values is one way to safeguard the quality of human resources such that future generations donot lose their self-identity. The aim of this research is to increase the quality of human resources for regional and national development through the potential and role of families by imbedding cultural values in children in the family environment. The research method used was qualitative research, with descriptive-inductive analysis. Research was undertaken in families which fulfilled the criteria from the four ethnic groups located in South Sulawesi, namely Bugis (Bone), Makassar (Gowa), Mandar (Polman), and Toraja (Tana Toraja). The research shows that siri' culture in South Sulawesi society has become a reference for all actions in South Sulawesi, inseperable from their personality as people of South Sulawesi. The meaning of siri' as feeling shame and self-respect has experienced a shift, narrowing the meaning to humiliation, personal offence, and insulting somebody. This change has been influenced by a socialisation of siri' values in the family, undertaken from parent to child. © Serials Publications.
Jurusan Pendidikan Luar Sekolah, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia
