The implementation of religious humanistic pedagogy to building student character

This study presents the concept of humanistic-religious pedagogy to developing the character of students and application in learning. Pedagogic as a science that especially educates children is very strategic given to be studied, either by a teacher at the elementary level of education of elementary and higher education. Pedagogical understanding is very important for all educators. Knowing theoretical and practical pedagogy can optimize the learning objectives. Humanistic pedagogy promotes students as creatures with potential and based on self-evolving needs to contribute to society and the world. In the application of humanistic pedagogy, the educator still provides guidance, manages the class and seeks the learner to engage in meaningful activities that will make him a skilled person and have a good attitude developed through learning activities. The purpose of this study is to explain the concept of humanistic-religious pedagogy in developing the character of learners and application in learning. The approach used is qualitative and the method is qualitative descriptive. The results show that humanistic-religious pedagogy is an alternative national education paradigm for the development of students' character as a whole, which has an impact on improving the quality of education