PERANAN SENTRAL GURU DALAM MENGIMPLEMTASIKAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DI SEKOLAH

Abstract

Physical development needs to be balanced with the moral development. One way of moral development of the young generation is through character education institutions conducted in school items, namely through education. School is the main area that optimally Utilize and empowering learning environment exists to initiate, improve, Strengthen, and continuously Enhance the character of the educational process. The role of the teacher in this case is a set of attitudes that a teacher roomates includes educating, teaching, guiding, directing, train, assess and Evaluate students in the school in order to shape the character of students. Teacher plays a very strategic in schools, especially in shaping the character and potential students. The presence of the teacher is not replaceable by another element, more so in a society that is multicultural and multidimensional, where the role of technology to replace the duties of teachers was minimal. Through the touch of teachers, is expected to produce learners who are not only smart intellectually, but emotionally and spiritually Also intelligent and have the life skills (life skills). This can be Tirrenus, if the teacher has a strong commitment in the implementation of character education in schools.