PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER MELALUI PENGAJARAN SASTRA

Dalam pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter melalui pengajaran sastra sangat diperlukan materi dan pengajar yang dapat melaksanakan kegiatan tersebut. Salah satu kunci keberhasilan pendidikan karakter adalah pada peran guru yang mengajarkan hal itu. Kemendikbud melalui revisi Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 64 Tahun 2008 menjadi PP Nomor 19 Tahun 2017, mendorong perubahan paradigma para guru agar mampu melaksanakan perannya sebagai pendidik profesional yang tidak hanya mampu mencerdaskan anak didik, namun juga membentuk karakter positif mereka agar menjadi generasi emas Indonesia dengan kecakapan abad ke-21.\ud \ud Melalui pengajaran sastra hal tersebut dapat terwujud karena di dalam karya sastra terdapat aspek-aspek yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan karakter. Nilai-nilai yang terdapat dalam karya sastra dapat diajarkan kepada anak didik sehingga karakter yang diharapkan dapat berubah menjadi karakter positif yang berguna bagi diri mereka dan masyarakat di sekitarnya. Pengenalan, pemahaman, serta penghayatan terhadap nilai-nilai yang terdapat dalam karya sastra dapat dipakai sebagai modal utama dalam pembentukan karakter anak didik. Dengan demikian, seseorang yang telah mendapatkan pendidikan karakter dapat mengurangi krisis moral yang menerpa negeri iniABSTRACT\ud \ud \ud \ud Character building education is to be included as a subject to teach in Indonesia schools. The character building education focuses on strengthening the five-fold moral principles of Pancasila in Indonesian children. It is expected that the children's character can be shaped earlier based on the moral principles of the country. The character building education aims to educate the character of Indonesian children to be good, wise, and other desirable psychological natures and it is desirable to be performed when they are younger or at their school age. When it is related to its relevance with the nation's development, the character building education should be firstly prioritized in the educational prime order of the nation because character building somehow is related to the source of moral education which serves as the backbone of the further shaping of the nation. The character building education can be implemented in certain types of learning for example in the learning of literature. In the learning of literature, appreciation for the beauty of literary works and their meanings, for being human, for softness which could be internalized as part of the desirable character to mold. For that reason, the study of character building education through the teaching of literature is considered essential to be performed. The method used in the study is descriptive qualitative aiming to describe the importance of character building education through the teaching of literature