IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT CHARACTER BUILDING THROUGH LEARNING CIVICS EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

In essence, education is a conscious and planned effort to create a conducive learning atmosphere and learning process. Character building is one of the goals of national education. Article I of the 2003 National Education System Law states that among the goals of national education is to develop the potential of students to have intelligence, personality and noble character. Citizenship education is used as a forum for realizing national education goals. Education is a community and nation's effort in preparing its young generation for a better sustainable community and nation life in the future. In accordance with the name of the subject, Civics teaches students to become Indonesian citizens who have good national character. Civics learning in elementary schools is not just about equipping students to the next level but also inculcating morals that are expected to form students with good character. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship and implementation of student character building through PKN learning in elementary schools. This research was conducted using library research (Library Research) to get the results the researchers did from books, scientific journals, literature and publications in the last 10 years. In this research, it is obtained an illustration that Citizenship Education which forms the character of students is implemented through 3 stages, namely planning, implementation and assessment.