Nation Character Building through Physical Education: Lesson Learned From 2013 Indonesian National Curriculum

摘要

The 2013 curriculum has fostered the integration of character building into the process of education, as character building is an essential part of the process. In this regard, there are five main virtues to develop including religiosity, independence, nationalism, communal culture or gotong royong, and integrity. As one of compulsory subjects in the 2013 curriculum, physical education is also responsible for character building. PE's character building role is both vital and right because one of PE's goals is to build character. In addition, it also has the tools to do so through physical activities and sports. PE has performed its character-building job in its learning process. It indicated by the results showing that PE has successfully developed students' virtues. The character-building program in PE requires continuous development by using either theory-to-practice approach or practice-to-theory approach. However, as practice-to-theory approach frequently adopted for studies, the adoption of either theory-to-practice approach should be prioritized.