Implementation of education for sustainable development to enhance Indonesian golden generation character

Abstract

The study aims to measure the improvement of Indonesian golden generation character after implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD). The data were collected by using the character self-assessment that given to senior high school students in nine provinces spread in the western, central and eastern regions of Indonesia. The instrument was adapted from character education indicators by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education and the combination of sustainable development learning indicators. The result shows that mostly the character aspects of Indonesian golden generation can be enhanced. ESD character model can develop several characters of students but still need more time to enhance student's critical attitude and creativity. Besides, it can inferred that implementation of ESD in science education, biology, physics, and chemistry subject can be recommended by using several learning models, of which one of them is ESD character model.