CHARACTER EDUCATION MODEL OF EARLY CHILDHOODEDUCATION: CASE STUDY IN THE LEARNING OFMIFTAHUS SA’ADAH PLAY GROUPBEDAGAS PENGADEGAN PURBALINGGA

The most effective of character establishment is should be started from the early age because this age is the critical period for the children. Character is not established by the chance, so that it needs to be built and guided by the teachers or parents. Those matters cause the writer to arrange this Thesis. The writer finds the various efforts by teachers in establishing students’ character. The problem formulation of this research is: “How is the character model education in early childhood education, Miftahus Sa'adah play group, Bedagas Pengadegan Purbalingga?” The goal of this research is to describe the character education models and the efforts to establish children’s character at Miftahus Sa'adah Play Group Bedagas Pengadegan Purbalingga. This thesis elaborates about character education models and the various efforts in establishing children’s character at Miftahus Sa'adah Play Group Bedagas Pengadegan Purbalingga. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data collecting methods are interview, observation and documentation. Meanwhile the data analysis starts from data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing (verification). The findings showed that character education model at Miftahus Sa'adah Play Group Bedagas Pengadegan Purbalingga are done to instill and adhered the noble character values to the early age students. The applied method is reflective model. The character establishment is done based on students’ condition and development stage. Key words: Character Education, Character Education Model, Early Childhood