TEACHER’S ROLE MODEL AS STRATEGY OF CHARACTER FORMATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN

Abstract

Early childhood is important phase which need to become attention of parents, teachers, and another adults. As known that in this period children are in golden years, the period of positive character formation.  In this period, children are in imitation period, so parents and teachers in school need to become figures who can become role model. Today, with technology advance, children are exposed to various media which feature the figures without filter. Young children begin to encounter violence acts and another negative characters.This phenomena concern character formation in children in the future. Entering preschool period, young children are confronted to teachers, so in this period young children can find role model they can imitate so young children can be helped to form positive character as asset for subsequent development.

Keywords:role model, character, young children