Abstract

 
 
 Character education in early childhood is not new, and character education is also not just a transfer of knowledge, but something that needs to be built early on through various stimula- tions. This study aims to develop the character of early childhood through audio-visual media with traditional Javanese songs. Using educational design-based research to develop audio-visual media from traditional songs, this media was tested in the field with an experimental design with a control group. Respondents involved 71 kindergarten students from one experimental class in one control class. The data revealed that character education in children shows the average value of the experi- mental class is higher than the control group, this means character education in children can be built through traditional songs. Further research can be done to improve the character of early childhood through a variety of media that interests children.
 Keywords: Early Childhood, Character Education, Javanese Traditional Songs Media
Highlights
The current phenomenon of cruel acts of violence against children has prompted many people to ask questions about when the character develops. Berkowitz and Bier (2004) states that character is a diverse phenomenon that has its own character component and trajectory of individual development, develops at different rates at each, and has a sequence of development and profile of different character components in different individuals. this causes the component of character tends to develop gradually over a long period of time
Teacher instructions that remind children of responsibility or resilience while at school. Sometimes they miss good opportunities to strengthen the positive attitude of children, such an approach has been recognized as quite useful in character education, but remains criticized for reshaping moral values as a psychological construct that can be measured and instilled without requiring moral involvement (Ecclestone, 2012), through prediction of instilling good character traits in children through modelling adult behavior (Bates, 2016), Carr, (2012) shows the idea of developing the character of children raises a picture of the establishment of schools as a producer or place to foster children's moral development through an environment that has been set
Javanese traditional songs are songs with local wisdom content that can arouse the soul of the listener to follow the teachings
Summary
The current phenomenon of cruel acts of violence against children has prompted many people to ask questions about when the character develops. Berkowitz and Bier (2004) states that character is a diverse phenomenon that has its own character component and trajectory of individual development, develops at different rates at each, and has a sequence of development and profile of different character components in different individuals. this causes the component of character tends to develop gradually over a long period of time. Teacher instructions that remind children of responsibility or resilience while at school Sometimes they miss good opportunities to strengthen the positive attitude of children, such an approach has been recognized as quite useful in character education, but remains criticized for reshaping moral values as a psychological construct that can be measured and instilled without requiring moral involvement (Ecclestone, 2012), through prediction of instilling good character traits in children through modelling adult behavior (Bates, 2016), Carr, (2012) shows the idea of developing the character of children raises a picture of the establishment of schools as a producer or place to foster children's moral development through an environment that has been set. Good character habituation instruction approaches at school encourage children to be selfish and increase positive emotions and are oriented towards moral performance, but ignore more holistic understanding, such as the philosophical of human needs and the moral viewpoints of others (Smeyers, Smith, & Standish, 2010)
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