Research Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 999-1004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.202307117
The Strategy to Internalize Social Care and Leadership Values for Early Childhood in Inclusive Schools in Bengkulu
Dewanti Srihati1, Joko Sutarto2, Yuli Kurniawati Sugiyo Pranoto3
1,2,3Postgraduate in Early Childhood Education, Semarang State University, Central Java, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Dewanti Srihati
ABSTRACT
Early childhood education is an effort to stimulate and provide learning activities that will later produce children's abilities and skills. Early childhood education is carried out with the aim of helping early childhood in the aspect of development, with the existence of early childhood education children can express ideas through playing while learning. In addition, in early childhood education it is important to internalize character education, because character education is one of the efforts that can be made to help children's development involving knowledge, feelings, and actions. The purpose of this study is to determine the strategy of instilling character values of social care and leadership for early childhood students in inclusive schools in Bengkulu. The research method used in this study is mixed method or combined method with data collection through questionnaires and interviews. The sample in this study was TK B which amounted to 71 respondents and the subjects of the study were 5 kindergarten B teachers. The results showed that the categorization of social care and early childhood leadership profiles consisted of three categories, namely high, medium, and low. For social care profiles of 71 respondents, there were 32 people or around 45.1% in the high category, 33 people or 45.5% in the medium category, and 6 people or 8.5% in the low category. As for the leadership profile of 71 respondents, there were 21 people or 29.6% in the high category, 44 people or 62% in the medium category, and 6 people or 8.5% in the low category. Furthermore, the strategy carried out by teachers in instilling the value of social care and leadership using the method of telling stories, listening to speech, habituation, direct practice, and reminder methods.
Keywords: Early childhood education, Social care and leadership values, inclusive schools
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