The Role of Teachers in Value Education in High School Levels: A Survey of Success and Constraints

摘要

This is a mixed method research. The purpose of this study is to identify the success and the constraints of value education at schools in the city of Medan. The respondents were taken randomly from the representatives of ten teachers from each public school, each religion-based private schools, and each national private school respectively. The results are that value education has been implemented in schools using the latest technologies, the updated materials in the classrooms and it is expected that the students absorb value education easily. Value education is also implemented at schools by applying the imitating method. The teachers through the nine roles of teachers become the role model in value education by imitating them. The success in value education can be measured by using the categories of the Moral Knowing, the Moral Perception and the Moral Action. The constraint of value education is mainly due to the unclear value of education materials from the government, and the need of the teachers for workshops or trainings on value education. This study recommends that value education needs to be regulated at school's academic calendar as a manifestation of a good will in implementing value education. Value education is important for the students as it will develop their inner capabilities.