Character Education in Economic Learning

Abstract

The era of digitalization and globalization has encouraged humans to interact between humans in various parts of the world. Assimilation of character values ​​is unavoidable, so every individual needs to maintain national identity so as not to become a dead country. Therefore, it is an important reason to implement character education in all educational units. One strategy that can be taken is to integrate character education into subjects including economics. This study aims to provide an overview of economic learning strategies based on character education. This research is a research that uses library strategy from various sources. The results of the study show five strategies that can be applied in character education-based economic learning, namely: (1) Identifying the character values ​​to be achieved. (2) Straightening economic principles and providing correct insight into the Indonesian economic system. (3) Application in the learning process. (4) Creating good synergy with other parties. (5) Be consistent between what is said and what is done. These five strategies should be followed by making learning tools that are adjusted to the competency rules and standards from the Ministry of Education. Keywords: Modernization of the Digitalization Era, Globalization, Character Education, Economy