Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)

The Character Education of Early Childhood: Brain-Based Teaching Approach

Authors
Siti Wardah Hanafie Das
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Siti Wardah Hanafie Das
Available Online July 2018.
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Character, Education, Brain-Based, Kindergarten
Abstract

The character education of early childhood through brain-based teaching approach is extremely important to stimulate neocortex and neuron. The study is aimed to formulate the early childhood character based on brain-based teaching approach started from the kindergarten with local wisdom study, analysis of kindergarten vision and mission, analysis of kindergarten curriculum, a test of brain-based teaching, evaluation, and drafting curriculum. The research sample was 59 kindergarten schools in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi. Data gathering techniques were directed observations, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was performed through reduction, data display, and conclusion draw-ing/verification. There are five components of brain-based teaching in kindergarten; these are 1) social intelligence; 2) emotional intelligence; 3) cognitive intelligence; 4) kinesthetic intelligence; 5) and reflec-tive intelligence. The study was conducted in the form of a workshop with experts to provide character con-cept to be addressed. Also, the study was conducted to show and design curriculum based on the concept of character and the institutionvision and mission.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
10.2991/amca-18.2018.8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.8How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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