E-JAS EDUTAINMENT MODULE TO BUILD CHARACTER EDUCATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of Curriculum 2013 is building character education through thematic learning in every subject material. Character building can be implemented through interesting and fun teaching materials. The aims of this study were to analyze the teaching materials which are used in thematic learning and to analyze the needs of teaching materials for the building of caring environment and students’ responsibility character. Methods in this research were observation and interview. This research was implemented in SD N 2 Getas Pejaten, Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia. The results of this study showed that (1) during this time, teaching materials used by teacher in thematic learning was only book from government ;(2) teachers had not made innovations in learning activities; (3) the building of caring environment and students’ responsibility character could be  through E-JAS learning with edutainment approach. Based on the results of this study E-JAS Edutainment module is helpful in learning to build character education for elementary school students.

Keywords : module, E-JAS Edutainment, character