The value of religious character education in
children's stories is We are Superstars by Nadia
Shafiana
Ahmad Mansur Efendi
1
, Witra Amelia
2
, Yenni Hayati
3
{mansurefendi91@gamil.com
1
,witraamelia@student.ac.id
2
,yenn.hayati@yahoo.com
3
}
1,2,3
Universitas Negeri Padang, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Air Tawar Padang Sumatera Barat 25131,
Indonesia
Abstract. This study aims to reveal the values of religious education contained in
the children's story We are Superstars by Nadia Shafiana. This type of research is
qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The data of this study is the
exposure of the narrator / figure, the words of the character and the actions of the
characters in the child's story. The data collection techniques are (1) Reading and
understanding children's stories, (2) Recording the words and sentences of the
narrator's exposure and / or the characters' stories and actions that can be
formulated as children's characters, (3) Inventorying data according to the object
of research, based on the format data inventory. The data analysis techniques are
(1) data reduction, (2) data presentation, (3) classifying data, (4) interpreting
data, and (5) drawing conclusions. The results of his research are 42 religious
characters found in the stories of the children studied. the value of religious
character education with indicators of believing in God amounts to 16 data
(38.1%), the value of religious education with indicators of carrying out orders
and avoiding God's prohibitions is 11 data (26.2%), the value of religious
education with a trust indicator is 5 data ( 12%) and the value of religious
education with thankful and sincere indicators is 10 data (23.9%).
Keywords: character education, religus, children's stories
1. Introduction
Education is a media to educate the life of the nation and to build a national order with the
values of intelligence, sensitivity, honesty and concern for the life of the nation and state.
Education is a strong milestone for alleviating poverty, advancing knowledge, resolving the
issue of ignorance, and resolving all the problems of the nation that have been happening. The
role of education is clearly significant and central because education provides the opening and
expansion of knowledge so that this nation is truly literate towards the life of the nation and
state. Education is presented to usher in this nation into a civilized and cultured nation.
Education is a process that is wider than the process that takes place in the school. Education
is an essential social activity that enables complex societies (Al Arifin, 2012).
In modern society, the function of education undergoes a process of specialization and
institutionalization with formal education, but is still related to the process of informal
education outside of school. In law number 20 of 2003 concerning the national education
system article 3 states that: National education functions to develop capabilities and assist the
dignity of the nation's dignity in order to educate the nation's life, aiming at the development
ICLLE 2019, July 19-20, Padang, Indonesia
Copyright © 2019 EAI
DOI 10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289479