Jurnal Cakrawala Pendas
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2025)

STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTALLY CARING CHARACTER THROUGH LEARNING AT SCHOOL

Rintoni Rintoni (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Kama Abdul Hakam (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Suroso Adi Yudianto (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Warlim Warlim (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jan 2025

Abstract

The main problem of the environment is human attitudes and behavior that are not friendly to the environment. This shows the weakness of character building in the education process. This research aims to portray the method of value cultivation carried out by teachers to strengthen students' environmental care character in ecology learning at school on the theme of ecosystem balance. This study discusses strategies for improving students' environmental care character in one of the elementary schools in Subang Regency, West Java province with  subjects of the research were elementary school teachers and sixth grade elementary school students.. The approach used in this research is a qualitative approach with a case study research method and analyzed using thematic analysis techniques. The data collection process was carried out through stages of observation, interviews, and discussions involving 21 respondents consisting of principals, teachers and students. The results of the research show that the method used by teachers to strengthen students' environmentally caring character in ecological learning is through 5 (five) methods: 1) Information transfer, 2) Training, 3) Habituation, 4) Modeling, and 5) Conditioning. The need for teachers to apply creative and innovative strategies to strengthen students' character in classroom learning, whether in the form of methods, media, approaches and others in learning. Furthermore, other research needs to be carried out in other learning areas to strengthen students' environmentally caring character at school, it can even be developed in school culture and extracurricular activities at school.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

cp

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Jurnal Cakrawala Pendas (JCP) aims to provide researchers with scholarly discourses, theories, research methods, and findings. Therefore, the journal accepts manuscripts related to all aspects of Elementary Education. It is also keen to help make connections among researchers. Jurnal Cakrawala ...