The Implementation of Nine Values of Character Education in English Language Teaching at Bumi Cendekia Junior High School Yogyakarta

Abstract

This study proposes to explain the students' and teachers' implementation and problems and solves character education, especially for the nine values of Bumi Cendekia. This study employed qualitative research in a descriptive case study design. One English teacher and three mornings English corner teachers from Bumi Cendekia Junior High School of Yogyakarta were observed and interviewed. The data were gathered through classroom observation, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. This study revealed that all teachers had a good knowledge of character education, especially for the concept and implementation of Bumi Cendekia's nine values. They implemented those nine values of Bumi Cendekia using appropriate strategies and methods in English language lessons' teaching and learning process. All the results aligned with the teachers' perceptions of the interview and the data from classroom observation and document analysis. The most frequent is the mindful character, the second one is respectful, the third one is resilient, and the other characters from fourth to nine are compassionate, trustworthy, responsible, sincere global citizens