Early Childhood Character Building Troughtechnological Education

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1254; no. 1; pp. 12048 - 12055
• Main Authors: Saptatiningsih, Rosalia Indriyati, Permana, Septian Aji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Children; Curricula; Data collection; Education; Habituation (learning); Kindergarten; Learning; Moral education; Students; Taxonomy
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1254/1/012048

The purpose of this research was to identify the pattern of character education in St. JosephKindergarten and it was to analyze the application of character education developed by St. JosephKindergarten for early childhood in the family. This research used a qualitative approach. The informants in this research were teachers, parents, and students of St. JosephKindergarten. Data collection techniques carried out by participant observation and in-depth interview. The collected data analyzed using domain analysis, taxonomy, compound, and cultural themes. The result showed that early childhood character education could be formed through school and family collaboration conducted in kindergarten. It can be known through St. Joseph Kindergarten education program that implements the curriculum with technological developments and it can be seen thatchildren inseparable from technology. Character values developed by St. The implementation values was done through routine habituation that applied as long as the children in St. Joseph Kindergarten unit by introducing technology education so that children did not abusing the technology. Fun learning activities management by utilizing student technology can be more creative and participatory. Character building application through Play Store learning can educate students to be wiser in using Gadget applications in modern era.