Impact of Character Education on Classroom Behavior of Grade 6 Pupils of Jose Zabarte Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One basic goal of all educational systems should be to prepare students to be effective members of society. The purpose of this study was to determine how character education affected the behavior of students inside the classroom. Character education has been a part of the public school since its beginning. It involved in teaching students what is right from wrong. To improve student behavior, schools have begun providing character education to instruct students on the proper social and moral skills necessary in their daily interaction with other students. Character education programs have been found to help students understand the necessity of respecting one another.

METHODS

This study involved: Reviewing disciplinary records to identify behavioral patterns, observing student behavior; interviewing teachers who have character education as their subject, grade 6 students of Jose Zabarte Elementary School, and hand on parents to their children to determine their perceptions on the effects of character education program on student behavior inside the classroom.

RESULTS

Character education programs have been found to help students understand the necessity of respecting one another. It should be an integral part of the curriculum, taught as a separate subject. Classroom rules and regulations should be based on the principles of good character; teachers should be the first implementer of good character for the students to observe. This found that student behavior is based on what they observe in their teachers. Students can change their character if they want to. As I observe in the class of grade 6 pupils, and what I found in the survey that I conducted, students have self-discipline. It is only the teachers' role to enhance and develop it. This research will help the students and also teachers to develop a sense of ownership of the program and should help to improve student behavior.

DISCUSSIONS

There are many ways to look at character education and its defining traits. To improve student behavior, schools begun providing character education to instruct students on the proper social and moral skills necessary in their daily interaction with other students. Character education programs have been found to help students understand the necessity of respecting one another. One of its' goal is to increase awareness of the importance of developing a character initiative within the students of Jose Zabarte. Teachers should have spent hours recording the data from those tests. Students should be taught character through hands-on service activities that contribute to the school, the community, and society. Learning character education has gone beyond the classroom into the real world. Character education creates students who are ready to be productive members of our society. It has a great effect on the classroom behavior of grade 6 students of Jose Zabarte.