IRJE (Indonesian Research Journal in Education)
Vol. 2, No. 2, December 2018

Fighting against Corruption through Character Education: The Voices of Indonesian Primary School Teachers

MUHAMMAD SOFWAN (Universitas Jambi)
PANUT SETIONO (Universitas Jambi)
AHMED ELSAYED MOHAMED ELSAYED (University of Malaya)
FERDIAZ SAUDAGAR (Universitas Jambi)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2018

Abstract

Indonesian government is currently through a tough moment where corruption has been massive. One of the long-term solutions of this practice is the implementation of character education from early ages. The purpose of this research was to find out the importance of character education in the fight against corruption for primary school students. The study was part of a research and development study aiming to design a model for integrating character education in integrated thematic learning in primary schools. We used semi-structure interviews to get data from eight participants who were Indonesian teachers of primary schools about the issue. This case study was analyzed through a thematic analysis. The findings show that character education is important for tackling corruption behaviors from early ages, shaping students’ mind towards the danger of corruption, producing excellent students with a good moral and behavior, and influencing teachers’ perception towards corruption. Recommendations are offered for Indonesian education betterment.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

irje

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) accepts unpublished, high quality, and original research manuscripts in English, resulting primarily from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed research methodology related to or associated with education. These issues include, but not limited to, ...