Abstract

The character affects a person’s quality of life. Having a good character is expected to have the ability to improve his/her quality of life. This study aims to describe the characters of students, namely responsibility, curiosity/creativity, honesty, tolerance, perseverance, and discipline. This descriptive research utilizes indirect communication techniques in collecting data. The data collection tools used are in the form of character questionnaires. The student character questioners are developed based on validated character indicators with a value of 81% with decent character. Based on the results of the analysis of the character questionnaires data that was filled out by the students, it was found that the characters of responsibility, creativity, honesty, perseverance, and discipline were classified began to develop, and the character of tolerance was classified as seen. However, in general, the character of students is classified as began to develop.

Highlights

  • Education is an effort to develop students who have intelligence, personality, and noble character. Sunaryo (2017) states in line with the purpose of education that can make the formation of individual behavior dynamic and character that can avoid adverse factors in life, the education process must always anticipate many things that allow it to happen distortion of the goals of education itself

  • It is stated in the Act No 20, 2003 regarding National Education System article 3 that the national education has the function to develop the ability and shape the character as well as the civilization of a dignified nation in order to enrich the life of the nation, to develop the potential of students to become individuals who believe and devote to God Almighty, have good character, be healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and become citizens who are democratic and responsible

  • This research aims to describe the characters possessed by students, which can be found in the learning process at school, especially in the physics learning process, which are the responsibility, curiosity/creativity, honesty, tolerance, perseverance, and discipline

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Introduction

Education is an effort to develop students who have intelligence, personality, and noble character. Sunaryo (2017) states in line with the purpose of education that can make the formation of individual behavior dynamic and character that can avoid adverse factors in life, the education process must always anticipate many things that allow it to happen distortion of the goals of education itself. Sunaryo (2017) states in line with the purpose of education that can make the formation of individual behavior dynamic and character that can avoid adverse factors in life, the education process must always anticipate many things that allow it to happen distortion of the goals of education itself. It is stated in the Act No 20, 2003 regarding National Education System article 3 that the national education has the function to develop the ability and shape the character as well as the civilization of a dignified nation in order to enrich the life of the nation, to develop the potential of students to become individuals who believe and devote to God Almighty, have good character, be healthy, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and become citizens who are democratic and responsible. A person will have the ability and moral capacity to face difficulties and challenges

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