Open AccessPendidikan Karakter pada Anak Usia Dini
Author(s) -
Rida Sinaga
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
societas/societas dei
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2599-3267
pISSN - 2407-0556
DOI - 10.33550/sd.v5i2.89
Subject(s) - character education , sympathy , character (mathematics) , psychology , autonomy , competence (human resources) , early childhood , empathy , early childhood education , trustworthiness , pedagogy , mathematics education , social psychology , developmental psychology , political science , geometry , mathematics , law
This article entitled “Character Education at Early Childhood†focuses on character education which is done in Bina Kasih Kindergarten at Rumah Sumbul Village, Sibolangit. This research used qualitative method and the data was gathered by direct observation, interview, and survey. Data analysis used triangular model with various data sources and various data gathering method. The characters which were going to be observed at the children out from this education in Bina Kasih Kindergarten were responsibility, discipline, sociability, autonomy, trustworthy, cooperative, God-loving, sense of respect, sympathy and empathy, confidence, cleanliness and healthiness, as well as competence. This research found that character education at early childhood produces character transformation at children and therefore character education at school needs to be done since early childhood. KEYWORDS: education, character transformation, early childhood. Â