Character Formation Of Character

1.1 Background

Human life can not be separated from the sector of education. Education has very important role for the improvement of human life. National education attempts to build up the ability and create the character in order to educate the nation’s life. Intends to develop the capability of learners to become human beings who believe also pious to God Almighty, have a good morals, knowledgeable, capable, creative, independent, and turn into a democratic and responsible citezen. The direction of national education is to create a generation of intellectual and have a good morals. Character formation can not be removed from life skill.

Among teenagers often encountered criminal acts committed by students. For example, theft cases involving

There is need to revise it so that the crime does not increase, especially among students. The things like that will not happen if every individual is embended in a positive character and moral. The existence of a strong moral foundation and positive character, a person will think repeatedly to do those negative things. That is the importance of character education, which is expected to create a person with good morals. Character education should be instilled since early childhood, elementary school and junior high school because of these ages, children have gold age for the formation of

In the other words, a person who shows the quality of individuals who match the desired of society can be expressed as having a good character and developing the quality of the character is often seen as an educational goal. This component is part of the affective aspect of the national standard of education.

According to Anderson (1980) there are two methods that can be used to measure affective sphere, the method are observation and self-report method. The use of observational methods is based on the assumption that affective characteristics can be seen from the behaviors or actions shown, psychological reactions, or both. The self-report method assumes that one who knows one 's affective state is himself. However, it demands honesty in exposing the affective characteristics itself.

There are four important types of affective characteristics. The four types of affective will be discussed in this paper are attitudes, self-concepts, interests, and values.

2.1.2. Needs in