IMPLEMENTATION OF STRENGTHENING THE INDEPENDENT CURRICULUM AS AN OPTIMIZATION OF CHARACTER EDUCATION AT TK ABA 05 MEDAN

Abstract

The purpose of this study uses three important parts, namely: 1) teachers' perceptions in the process of implementing the independent curriculum at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal 05 Kindergarten; 2) efforts made by educators and education personnel at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal 05 Kindergarten in optimizing students' character education through the independent curriculum. This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods with a phenomenological approach design. The results of this study indicate that in the character cultivation in the educational institutions of ABA 05 Kindergarten, it is carried out together with academic education such as: orderly queuing to wash hands before and after eating such as congregational prayers, throwing garbage in its place, orderly entering and leaving class and starting learning with prayer. In the implementation of character education programmatically, teachers at TK ABA 05 teach exemplary values to early childhood starting from mutual respect for one another, justice and honest attitudes that are part of daily learning both inside and outside the classroom. Teachers become role models for early childhood. This habituation is carried out continuously without pause by TK ABA in implementing the independent curriculum as an optimization of character education.