The Development of the Habituation S.O.P in Building Early Childhoods’ Character By Students’ Early Childhood Education Study Program

Abstract

This study aims to develop a standard operating procedure (SOP) for habituation in building early childhood character by students of the early childhood education teacher education program. This is a Research and Development (R&D} studies. This research was conducted in the Early Childhood Education Teacher Education Study Program at one of the tertiary institutions in Mataram. The target or research subject is students in semester 4 and semester 6 of the 2019-2020 school year. There were 50 students randomly sampled. The data were gathered by observation, documentation, and group discussion forums. The data analysis was carried out of both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that in the development of SOP design I, the habits made by students were in the criteria according to the proportion of 72.65%. In development II, the results of the SOP design made in criteria are very in accordance with the proportion of 81.65%. In conclusion, the habituation SOP designed by students in building early childhood character is very much in accordance with the steps for compiling SOPs.