Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Business, Accounting and Economics, ICBAE 2020, 5 - 6 August 2020, Purwokerto, Indonesia

Research Article

Moral Teaching in the Age of Digital Economy: A Model for Elementary School Character Education for Sustainable Development

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301217,
        author={Badawi  Badawi and Sri  Nurhayati and Ahmad Wahyu Hidayat and Muhammad Ilham Syarif and Muhammad Iqbal Fasa},
        title={Moral Teaching in the Age of Digital Economy: A Model for Elementary School Character Education for Sustainable Development},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Business, Accounting and Economics, ICBAE 2020,  5 - 6 August 2020, Purwokerto, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICBAE},
        year={2020},
        month={10},
        keywords={moral teaching character education sustainable development},
        doi={10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301217}
    }
    
  • Badawi Badawi
    Sri Nurhayati
    Ahmad Wahyu Hidayat
    Muhammad Ilham Syarif
    Muhammad Iqbal Fasa
    Year: 2020
    Moral Teaching in the Age of Digital Economy: A Model for Elementary School Character Education for Sustainable Development
    ICBAE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301217
Badawi Badawi1,*, Sri Nurhayati2, Ahmad Wahyu Hidayat3, Muhammad Ilham Syarif3, Muhammad Iqbal Fasa3
  • 1: Universitas Muhammadiyah Kotabumi, Tanjung Harapan Kotabumi
  • 2: Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Siliwangi, Town Place Baros Cimahi
  • 3: Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Muba Sumsel
*Contact email: badawi@umko.ac.id

Abstract

This paper aims to study the implementation of moral teaching in this age of the digital economy as a character education model at the elementary school level as an effort toward sustainable development. The research used a case study method, in a total of 10 elementary school teachers in SD Sukarno Hatta Kotabumi were interviewed, participated in the focused group discussion, and observed. The research findings are the teachers' practice of moral teaching in the digital economy era using straightforward activities and emphasized more in the thematic entrepreneurship lesson. The essential characters to be practiced by the students in the context of sustainable development consist of mindfulness, curiosity, courage, resilience, ethics, and leadership.