The Development of Character Education Curriculum for Elementary Students in West Sumatera

Abstract

This research is based on the ineffectiveness of the implementation of character education in schools. This study aims to produce a valid character education curriculum in elementary schools. This development research is conducted by using an ADDIE Model with five steps, consists of needs analysis, product design, product development, implementation, and research product evaluation. The resulting product is a specific character education curriculum, like a complete curriculum design, teacher guide books, student books, activity’s books and design of the character learning environment. The data was collected using observation, interviews, documentation for curriculum design and questionnaire were analyzed to determine the condition of the implementation of the character education now a day. Samples were selected by purposive sampling which is a good school category, medium and less. The data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The result of research which is obtained by the implementation of character education conditions shows that character education program stands in good category. The designed character education curriculum was validated by material experts, curriculum and language. Validation results show that the curriculum is valid and lightly revised. The implementation in the field shows that character education curriculum has been very practical.