The Character Education in Learning Mathematics at Elementary School

Abstract

Integration of character education in elementary schools is a movement to strengthen character education in shaping and developing student character. This research is a qualitative study that use normative qualitative descriptive approach. The data was collecting by doing interview, observation and study documentation. The result showed that the implementation of education in learning mathematics can be realized based on the target that want to be achieved by the researcher. The character education that was built through this learning was the values that taught based on the subject such as discipline, responsibility and teamwork. The character building was realized by integrating the character values in learning mathematics to make students able to implement the values in daily life. The integration was executed by combining the character values that exist in lesson plan and the students’ consistency in implementing these values outside the school. In measuring the result, the teacher gave the assessment book to the students.