How to Implement
Character Building at School ?
Now days in Indonesia there are many teenagers with
the bad behavior, so that’s way we have to know how to solve that problem and
decrease that case. They need the improvement in interest and quality of their
character. We can apply character building to solve that problem early from
school. Character building at school is we usually call this term as character
education. That is applied to Nation curriculum method that explain about
developing “good character “ for students. The definition of the character
building is the feature or facilities in
school to make up character of one student and other students. The other words
character building is an investment system of character values to the citizen of school that include components of
knowledge, awareness or volition and action to implement those values. The goal
of character building is to establish the students personalities to become a
good human being, society and citizen. It means that the teacher facilitate the
students and increase the character of the students in order to achieve the
purpose of character building. There are several steps of implement character building
at school such as know the level of the student and tell them what is the rule,
introduce about trustworthy, applicant
the habit about the respect to other.
First, we have to know when the basic period of the
school that we should applicants character building. If we have decided about
that, we will easier to applicant that program. The basic period of the school
is Elementary school, because in Elementary is the first step of the students
to know how to act and keep their behavior. The Elementary school is the strong
foundation to build the character of the students. Because in that level of the
students can receive and will be
interested with character building program at the school. Day by day they can
usual to practice of character building in their school at their home. Students
in all grade levels should have opportunities to practice values and character
trait that range from role playing and making exercise. The good character of
the students are made by rule at the school, teacher and their relationship
with friends. So the first step to implement character building, we have to
know when we do it and what grade that suitable. The point is teach the student
to obey the rule at the school.
Second, for the students of elementary school. We
have to introduce about trustworthy to them and explain how important
trustworthy for them. Trustworthy contains several values such as honesty,
reliable, courage, be good friend. The teacher teach the students be an honesty
human and inform to them, if all students do not allow to cheat from their
friends work when taking exam. The teacher give exercise to the students and
ask them to collect their result of exercise punctual. The students will learn
to keep their promise like as to collect their assignment punctual. Then to
have the courage, the students should do what I right in the society based on
norms and laws, although it is difficult enough for them but the teacher have
to make them know about it. The last values of trustworthy is be a good friend,
it is very important. How the students have that value as well as possible ?
The teacher have to decide the class as a group discussion and each group has a
leader. Trough this method the students can learn how to trust and believe in
the group. So, second step to implement character building with concept the
students to be trustworthy human.
Third, the next way to improve character of the
students is give explanation about respect to others and how important is it.
Respect contains three based values, such as respect to environment, respect
for others, and respect for self. The teacher have to educate the students to
care for natural environment, such as land, three, clean air, pure water and
all of living inhabitants or our earth. The simple example is the teacher
educate the students throw the rubbish to the dustbin, clean their class every
day before the class begin. The students also have to be habitual to respect each
others. For example they have to give greeting when they meet with their
friends or their teacher at the school. The teacher have to teach the students
how to great or say something in polite way when they do discussion. The
students should appreciate what their friends have done. After some aspects,
the students have been understood by the students. Then students can respect
themselves. They will have a good habits and also they will know how to keep
their behavior. So the good character of students are made by some aspects, one
of the aspect is respect.
Based on the above explanation we can know that
character building is very important for students to improve their skill
individual. They can decide the good way to solved their problem in the real
life. That explanation also can be affirmed that the character building design
and implement systematically to help the students know about the values of
human behavior associated with the feelings, attitude, action based on
religious norm and truth law. The students
will more understand, how to use good way in their life. They need to see them
themselves as students engaged in a continuing pursuit of excellent. These
standard of excellent in school and behavior will encourage students to develop
qualities like perseverance and determination and those virtues will affect
every aspect of the students lives as they mature. The
important one is know the period age of the students. The students need several
steps to understand how to do good behavior and good attitude. The facilities
in their school like as character building will make the students to develop
their qualities and determination. So, we can leave the students a legally that
will remain constant throughout life to know the good, do the perfect and will get
the best.
Sources:
·
Berkowitz, M.W &
Bier, M.C. (2005, February).What Works
In Character Education. Retrieved from: http://rucharacter.org/file/practitioners_518.pdf
·
Elkind,
D.H & Sweet, F. (2004, Sept/Oct). How to Do Character Education . Retrieved
from: http://www.goodcharacter.com/Article_4.html
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