Main Article Content

Abstract

Children are generation that determines a nation’s future. Children’s characters formed from now on will determine the nation’s character in the future. Children’s characters will be formed well if in their development process they get sufficient chance to express themselves freely. Character education is taken important to be started in childhood as it is an educational process aimed to develop values, attitude and behavior which reflect good morality. Positive values which are supposed to be owned based on character teaching are being pious, trustworthy, anticipative, positive-thinking, hard-working, civilized, dare to do right, dare to take risk, discipline, sincere, kind-hearted, godly, grateful, constructive, enthusiastic, initiative, responsible, tolerant, smart, careful, dynamic, cooperative, creative, independent, self- controlled, respectful to time, patriotic, friendly, compassionate, respectful to others’ works, assertive, diligent, humble, patient, having spirit of togetherness, open-minded, and tough in any situation.

Keywords

Character Education Early Childhood Positive Values

Article Details

References

    Bandura, A. 1991. Social Cognitive Theoty of Meal Thougt Action. In W. Kurtines &J Gewitz (Eds), Handbooks
    of Moral
    Behavior and Development (vol1, 45 103). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaun. Retriverd December 2002, from http://
    www. emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/Ban SCTMoral.pdf
    Lawrencee,E.S. 2007. Mengajarkan Emosional Intelegensi pada Anak. Jakarta: Gramedia
    Megawangi,Ratna. 2004. Modul Pendidikan 9 Pilar Karakter. Jakarta: Indonesian heritage
    Undang-Undang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional ( Sisdiknas). Tahun 2003 Pasal 1