Character Development in Learning through Culture and Climate Management

Abstract

This research aims to gain an overview of the students character development through culture and climate management in an Elementary School Bandung, West java, Indonesia. This research used naturalistic qualitative approach. The research participants were students, teachers and the principal. Research data collected were in the form of interviews, observation and documentation. The results showed that before carrying out the study, teachers have understood and recognized the character values and interpolated them together into learning plans. Before starting the learning, teachers put an attempt to customize the learning climate by doing Duha prayer, reading the names of God (Asma'ul Husna), reading holy Qur'an, and exposing Islamic activities one day earlier. In the implementation of teacher-learning, teachers integrated the character values, gave meaning about the learning materials to a view of religious teachings and carried out learning earnestly. Meanwhile in evaluation, teachers assessed students' ability to master the learning material and character development.