ANALYSIS SOCIO-CULTURAL EDUCATION FOUND IN THE CHARACTERS IN THE ALADDIN 2019 FILM

Indriyanti, Cucu. 16420065. 2023. Analysis Socio-Cultural Education Found in the
Characters in the Aladdin 2019 Film. Final project, English Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: R.R Festi Himatu K, S.S., M.Hum and Advisor II: Ajeng Setyorini,
S.S., M.Pd.
Keywords: Sociocultural Education, Characters, Films, Aladdin 2019.
This final project is carried out to analysis sociocultural education found in the
Aladdin 2019 character. The aims of this research are (1) to find out the
sociocultural education found in the Aladdin 2019 film based on Vygotsky’s theory.
(2) To find out what characters are found in the main character in the Aladdin 2019
film. The research methodology is descriptive qualitative research. The main
sources of this research are the Aladdin 2019 film and script Aladdin 2019. The
findings in this study indicate that: (1) there are five types of sociocultural education
namely, leadership, friendliness, social concern, environmental concern, and
responsibility. The most dominant social concern shown in this film is because of
Aladdin’s background which is an orphan. (2) Whereas in the Aladdin character,
five type were found, namely, helper, brave, responsible, trustworthy, and humble.
With the contribution of film to learning, it can provide information about
sociocultural education and character in cognitive development in children.
Children’s cognitive development is an important thing to pay attention to because
it is a part that requires very processes in the formation of memory and reasoning.
Therefore, the role of the teacher is needed in this case. Teachers are expected to be
able to use film media in learning so that students are interested in learning about
sociocultural education and character.