Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019)

Character Education on Students in Social Science Faculty at Manado State University

Authors
Paulus Robert Tuerah, Yoseph Daniel Ari Santie, Apeles Lexi Lonto, Theodorus Pangalila
Corresponding Author
Paulus Robert Tuerah
Available Online August 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.82How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Character, Education, Student
Abstract

In the era of industrial revolution 4.0, character education was one of the serious challenges to be implemented. Character education would help the students to develop into more complete human beings. But in reality, education in Indonesia, especially in higher education, prioritized graduating students who were good at academic matters and rather secondary in personality education. This study focused on the challenges of Character Education for the Students of Faculty of Social Science at Manado State University. This research objectives were (1) to find out the challenges faced by students in character education, (2) to find its solutions. This study used a qualitative approach. Data collection was conducted through observations, literature studies, interviews and documentation. The conclusions of this study were as follows: (1) Discipline attitudes are not optimal, (2) Understanding of character values that have not been optimal (3) Student morality that needs to be addressed. Expected solutions were (1) Changes in the paradigm of the objectives of the lecture (2) The involvement of students in the activities of distribution of talents, seminars and training in character education. It will be a pride of education in Indonesia if its students were able to apply the values of the character.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
August 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-768-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.82How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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