An implementation of character education for character education in elementary schools

This study aims to describe the implementation, internalization, characters that appear on students, teachers and the bottlenecks and solutions in the implementation of character education in thematic learning in grade IV Public Elementary School Rampal Celaket 1 Malang. Data were collected by observation technique, interview and documentation from informant in field that is elementary school grade IV. Data analysis consists of overall data exposure, data reduction and verification. Check the validity of the findings with observational persistence techniques and method triangulation. The result of the research shows that the fourth grade teachers have to internalize character values on thematic learning through syllabism and teaching design, learning process, attitude evaluation and follow up learning. Characters that appear on students in the learning process that is religious, honest, tolerance, discipline, self, love of country, respect for achievement, curiosity, communicative, caring environment, social care, and responsibility.