An analysis of Teaching Pyramid Model for early childhood education and Character-Based Holistic Education

Early Childhood Education becomes a strategic institution in organizing character education. This is so because in addition to children being in the sensitive period, the inculcation of characters from an early age will be much more effective than when entering adolescence or adulthood. Two character-education models that have been developed and implemented in Indonesian early childhood institutions, include TPM Kurtilas (stands for Teaching Pyramid Model- Indonesian Curriculum 2013 for early childhood education) and CBHE (Character-Based Holistic Education). However, the unique characteristics of both models have not been studied in-depth. So, this article explains an analysis of both models, based on the character values promoted, the strategies used, and the instructional media of each model. Using literature study as the research method, this article describes the uniqueness of the two models, and the findings show that the two models are different in terms of the foundation of character value development, the strategy focus applied, and the instructional media used. It is expected that this article can be made a reference for evaluation and consideration in implementing the models