Character Education Philosophy

ISTININGSIH, - (2015) Character Education Philosophy. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Character Education.

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Abstract

Character education is needed specially in Indonesia. Why it is needed? Because nowdays Indonesia has moral crisis. Sometimes, experts make differencies between character and moral. This paper doen’t want to differ them. This paper assumes that character and moral have same essential meaning that is about behavior. Character education means an education that makes students happy, no pressure, and meaningful. A characteristic of character education is that students do not lose freedom and independence. Character education can also mean education that builds character. The paper explored the phylosophy of character education. The findings of the research as hyphotesis. Why the findings as hypothesis? Because this research was categorized as theoritical research. One charateristics of theoritical research is to find out the hyphotesis. The findings of the research as follows: defining the character education, finding out indicators of character: universality and nationality, environment as contributor in character building, and environment as arena in performing character. Because the findings of this research were as hyphotesis, so it is necessary to do empirical research based on this findings.

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