Embedding the Character Education in Primary Schools

Embedding the Character Education in Primary Schools

At this time, the character is one thing that is very rare in the community. Because it can be seen from the frequently encountered injustice lies fibers is often done in the community. Both from the lower level to the higher level. The character itself is a way of thinking and behaving become the hallmark of every individual's life work together both at the family level to the state and nation. While individuals who have good character is an individual who is always willing to make decisions and account of the decisions taken. It actually has a good character already exists within every human being from birth. But to keep these characters would have to constantly nurtured from an early age. Through education is one place that can support the formation of a character.

Character education in the elementary school is one of the beginning of the planting of character because it is still in the developing stages in him. Because they can not deny that at this moment the easy generation does not recognize itself as a nation of diverse ethnic, social culture and a different culture - different. Despite the fact that all the elements should be responsible for educating the next generation of characters, the family remains the most important in this regard. But for the moment, perhaps from parental supervision itself is also experiencing difficulties, because a lot of the time these parents have a solid routine. So from that character education is also very necessary given at school. Starting from the park right - right or play group.

That is why the role of the teacher is also spearheading, because they are the one who directly deal with students, and should provide a good example of behaving. What more if it had been included in the primary school, for character education in primary schools is also important. If a teacher fails to grow the characters to their students, who because of a teacher is not able to show the character as someone who embraced. Because being a teacher is not always simply about conveying meteri lessons, but also should be an inspiration and example for the students. If the character of a child that has been formed from childhood to the social environment as an example in primary school, eat later generations of Indonesia will be the generation that has the character to become the nation's next to the community of honest, fair, and responsible. As the words of Dr. Martin Luther King who said that "Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education", which means intelligence character is the ultimate goal of true education.

While character education itself is an education about the character plus, that there are some aspects such as feeling (feeling), knowledge (cognitive), and action (action). And hopefully soon in every primary school in particular can immediately apply the character educators in each school, so that future generations are a lot of smart and feature characters that match the values ​​- noble values ​​of the nation and the State.