Abstract
This study is a qualitative study that aims to determine the implementation of character education in economics in high school majoring in social studies based on the 2013 curriculum. The location chosen as a place is a high school in Tulungagung Regency, Indonesia using the 2013 curriculum. The key informants of this study are the Economics teachers and students majoring in social science. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis with stages: data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The results of data analysis prove that Syllabus, lesson plans, and material made by teachers have contained character education planning as a result of MGMP economic subject convention. The implementation of character education in high schools is carried out through intracurricular and extracurricular activities. Cultivation of character education in economics subjects reflects the 18 national character and values of Pancasila. Besides, the entrepreneurial attitude is also embedded. Evaluation of character planting has been carried out by economics teacher through written, oral, structured, and unstructured assignments. Constraints on the implementation of character education are found in students, especially in less bright students. We recommended that the results of this study provide benefits for the practitioner and educator to improve students' character in the high school curriculum program.
Highlights
Formal education, which is a place for students to learn from elementary to tertiary level, requires character education
The preparation of the RPP was followed up at the district level conducted by MGMP in economics subjects" "Syllabus, lesson plans, materials are compiled together with economics teachers in MGMP activities, so that lesson plans in economics at high school level in Tulungagung Regency are the same"
According to (S) explain that "Economic lesson plans in high school are compiled by economics teachers through the lesson plan compilation workshop based on the 2013 curriculum" While the syllabus structure, lesson plans, and material are discussed in MGMP for economics. "
Summary
Formal education, which is a place for students to learn from elementary to tertiary level, requires character education. Teachers have an important role in the learning process by instilling character education for students, so that they have a nation's character that can filter out various global influences and be able to develop the nation's character in daily life. Concern from the government is evident in the importance of character education with the publication of the 2013 curriculum. This curriculum is a refinement of the 2006 curriculum KTSP curriculum, where character education is written explicitly on the Basic Competencies that teachers must apply in the learning process. Formal education has the obligation to instill character education in students by issuing Government Regulation No 87 of 2017 concerning Strengthening of Character Education (PPK). Whereas in the formal pathway, KDP can be carried out on intracurricular, co-curricular; and extracurricular [3]
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