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2. Definition
The word “character” in ancient Greek means
“to engrave,” which emphasizes the engraved
traits/ charactres will affect us to behave in
certain manners (O'Sullivan, 2004).
Character is a set of personal traits or
dispositions that produce specific moral
emotions, inform motivation and guide
conduct. (The Jubilee Centre, 2017)
Character is a way of thinking and behaving that
characterizes each individual to live and work, both
within the family, community, nationa and state
(ministry of education)

3. What is Character Education?
Character education is a way of adjusting the
behaviors of the students, in order to become
good citizens of the future (Hoge, 2002)
Students were being instructed, guided, and
toward having some sets of prescribed behaviors
(Pike, 2010)
A learning process that enables students and
adults in school community to understand , care
about and act on core ethical values such as
respect, justice, civic virtue and citizenship, and
respinsibility for self and others.

4. Character
Education in
K-13
UU RI No.
20 Th. 2003
Building
Character
Character
Values

5. Pendidikan Nasional berfungsi mengembangkan
kemampuan dan membentuk watak serta
peradaban bangsa yang bermartabat dalam
rangka mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa,
bertujuan untuk berkembangnya potensi peserta
didik agar menjadi manusia yang beriman dan
bertaqwa kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa,
berakhlak mulia, sehat berilmu, cakap, kreatif,
mandiri, dan menjadi warga negara yang
demokratis serta bertanggung jawab

6. Character Values
Religious
Honest
Tolerance
Discipline
Work hard/
preseverance
Creative
Independent
Democratic
Curiousity
Nationalism Patriotism
Appreciation
Communication
Love of
Peace
Fond of
reading
Environmenta
l awareness
Social
awareness
Responsibility

7. Six types of core character value
• Trustworthiness
• Fairness
• Caring
• Respect
• Citizenship.
• Responsibility

8. The function of character education
• Developing basic potential to be good-
hearted, good-minded, and well-behaved.
• Strengthen and build the behavior of a
multicultural nation.
• Increasing competitive national
civilization in world relations.

9. Challenges and Opportunity
• Teachers Competence
• The rapid growth of Information
Technology
• Lack of Community support
• Multiethnic and multi religions
• The commitment of all component

10. Supporting factor in CE

11. The Role of Teachers in Character Education
• The teacher is an educator who has the main
task: educate, teach, guide, direct, train, assess,
and evaluate students.
• The teacher, as a figure that imitated by the
student, has important role applying character
education in the school or outside school.
• The teacher must be positioned or positioned
himself in the true essence
• Teachers should be given full authority (absolute
authority) in conducting an evaluation
(evaluation) of the learning process

13. • The teacher as caregiver, moral model, and moral
• Creating a caring classroom community
• Moral discipline
• Creating a democratic classroom environment
• Teaching values through the curriculum
• Cooperative
• The conscience of craft
• Ethical reflection
• Teaching conflict resolution

14. References
• Depdiknas, 2003, Undang-Undang No. 20 Th 2003, Sistem
Pendidikan Nasional, retrieved from www.depdiknas.go.id
• Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues (2017)
A Framework for Character Education in Schools. Birmingham:
University of Birmingham.
• Lickona, Thomas. (1997). THE TEACHER’S ROLE IN CHARACTER
EDUCATION. Boston University, The Journal of Education, Vol. 179,
No. 2, Fulfilling the Promise of CharacterEducation in the
Classroom, Part I (1997), pp. 63-80
• Lickona, T. (1991). Educating for character: How our schools can
teach respect and responsibility. New York: Bantam. Marshall, J. C.,
Caldwell, S. D., & Foster, J. (2011). Moral education the character
plus way. Journal of Moral Education, 40(1), 51-72.
doi:10.1080/03057240.2011.541770

16. Discussion
1. Is character education really impotant to
be implemented in the teaching learning
process? Why/Why not?
2. How to implement character education in
the classroom?