Character Education Strategies Based On Religious Educative Communication In Islamic Elementary Schools

Abstract

This paper describes character education strategies based on Religious Educative Communication (REC) in Islamic Elementary Schools, which is one of the solutions to resolve moral decadence in Indonesia. The implementation of REC-based character education in Islamic Elementary Schools is very urgent since the age of Islamic Elementary Schools is a foundation of formal education, which will determine the direction, and the sustainability of Indonesia. Besides that, Islamic Elementary Schools plays an important role as a way to strengthen national character and values. REC-based character education in Islamic Elementary Schools needs to be optimalised in terms of its strategies, methods, media and teaching materials containing educational values and policies in order to form the characters of the students. The REC-based character education is implemented through communication culture that educates all stakeholders based on religious values, namely the management board of the foundation, the principal, the teachers, the educational staff, the guardians, the students and the alumni.