Comparative Analysis of Government Policies Indonesia and Malaysia About Character Education in Primary Schools

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10.2991/assehr.k.211126.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

government policy; character education; moral education

Abstract

The implementation of character planting in Indonesia and Malaysia has been carried out since formal schools began. Malaysian education began during the British colonial era. The rapid economic and technological growth of the two countries has led to changes in the structure of society and their behavior which makes moral education a compulsory lesson to anticipate social change and is the implementation of character education in schools. Due to this complexity, the state has sparked the most strategic policies that are aimed at creating generations. a nation that has noble character and can answer future challenges. Indonesia has 5 main values which are implemented in the Strengthening Character Education program and sixteen pure values which are integrated by Malaysian schools in various subjects and aspects of life. Various challenges faced by students in learning character education, from teaching methods by teachers in the classroom, learning by students outside the classroom (school culture), and implementation patterns applied in both countries.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lenita Puspitasari
AU  - Sa’dun Akbar
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/26
TI  - Comparative Analysis of Government Policies Indonesia and Malaysia About Character Education in Primary Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education and Technology (ICET 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 123
EP  - 130
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211126.048
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211126.048
ID  - Puspitasari2021
ER  -