Early Childhood Character Education in Japan

• Published in: E3S web of conferences Vol. 202; p. 7063
• Main Author: Mulyadi, Budi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 01.01.2020
• Subjects: character education; early childhood; japan
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020207063

Character education has a very important role in shaping the superior character of Japanese society. Compared to Indonesia, Japan has long designed and implemented character education for all levels of education. Since 1970 Japan has begun to develop a character-based curriculum that has begun to be applied at the kindergarten and elementary school level. Japan recognizes the importance of character education starting at the age of children because educating characters in children will be easier to do than educating teenage or adult characters. Implementation of character education in early childhood in Japan prioritizes character education that can bring out superior characters such as courage, independence, discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and socializing. To bring out these characters, the application of early childhood character education in Japan places great importance on moral and personality education. Through moral education and personality, the characters are brave, independent, disciplined, responsible, cooperating, and socializing. Moral and personality education is not taught through special subjects but is applied in everyday life. And this is characteristic of the application of early childhood character education in Japan