Planting Religius Character Education in Elementary School Children Through Religious Activities at the Bajigur House Kragan Village Rembang Regency

Abstract

Religious character education embedded in elementary school children in Kragan Village is still low. The purpuse of this study is to describe the ciltivation of religious characters and to describe the inhibiting and supporting factors in the cultivation of religious character education in elementary school children through religious activities in the Bajigur House, Kragan Village, Rembang Regency. The research was conducted in Kragan Village, Kragan District, Rembang Regency. The research method uses descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this study were elementary school children aged seven to eleven years. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, documentation, field notes. This data analysis technique uses data reduction, data display, and coclusions. To test the validity of the data using triangulation. The results of this study indicate that the inculcation of religious character in elementary school childern through religious activities in the Bajigur House can be well embedded, including through the fardhu prayer in congregation, reading and writing al-qur’an activities, reading sholawat performed before prayer and Friday, reading letters yasin together on Friday night. As for the supporting factors in shaping the religious character of students, including getting more support from parents and the surrounding community as well as adequate facilities. While the inhibiting factors in the ciltivation of character education include students who really need guidance from teachers and parents, this is due to the different backgroundsof students, lack of supervision from teacher and parents, this is due to the lack of awareness of students and parents regarding the value of religious character, and tha lack of enthusiasm for childern to participate in these activities, this is due to environmental factors or the association of students both at school and at home and lack of support from parents.