Cultural Literacy Indicators for Elementary Schools: A 4D Model Development

This research aims to develop cultural literacy indicators that describe students’ abilities to understand, analyze, and compare, enabling them to apply cultural values in their daily lives. To collect data, the research uses a developmental research method with the 4D design (Define, Design, Development, and Disseminate). The data collected consists of cultural literacy indicators, which, after development, are validated by two expert judgments. The validation results indicate that the developed cultural literacy indicators are suitable to be used as instruments or guidelines for measuring elementary school students’ cultural literacy abilities. Based on the research findings, it was determined that the cultural literacy indicators encompass four domains related to culture: (1) cultural diversity, (2) diversity of cultural values, (3) participation in culture, and (4) cultural awareness. Each of these cultural aspects has indicators tailored to the cultural literacy skills being measured. These cultural literacy indicators can be used to assess students’ cultural literacy by adapting them to the culture present in the regions or environments where the students live.