teacher as facilitator

This study investigates the internalization of moral education values through traditional games in an Islamic early childhood education institution, focusing on the implementation of play-based activities, teacher facilitation, and children's emerging moral behaviors. Adopting a qualitative field research approach, the study was conducted at RA Athfalul Huda GUPPI, Qurnia Village, Mataram, Indonesia. Research participants were purposively selected and included the school principal, teachers, and children involved in traditional game-based learning. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, and analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model, comprising data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. Data credibility was supported through source and methodological triangulation and sustained observation. The findings identify four traditional games Cublak-Cublak Suweng, Gobak Sodor, Petak Umpet, and Dakon—as learning activities that provide opportunities for children to experience and practice moral values through shared rules, peer interactions, turn-taking, and collaborative participation. Teacher facilitation, particularly through behavioural modelling, rule reinforcement, guidance, and post-activity reflection, emerged as an important component of the moral learning process. The values addressed through these activities included honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility, patience, cooperation, sportsmanship, tolerance, humility, and social awareness. Furthermore, parent-reported observations indicated that some positive behavioral practices were also reflected in children's interactions at home. These findings highlight the pedagogical potential of culturally embedded traditional games as a context for experiential moral education. The study contributes a contextually grounded understanding of how traditional play and teacher mediation can support the development of moral awareness and emerging behavioral practices in Islamic early childhood education.

This study is motivated by the importance of strengthening elementary school students’ democratic character through Pancasila and Civic Education (PPKn) instruction. Teachers hold a strategic role in instilling democratic values, yet implementation still faces various challenges. This study aims to describe the teacher’s role, the strategies employed, and the supporting and inhibiting factors in strengthening students’ democratic character in Grade V PPKn learning. A descriptive qualitative approach was used at UPTD SD Negeri Perigi 03, South Tangerang City, with the principal, Grade V teachers, and Grade V students as subjects. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, then analyzed using Miles and Huberman’s interactive model (data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification), with validity ensured through triangulation. The results show that teachers fulfilled five roles – educator, facilitator, guide, motivator, and role model – through strategies such as group discussion and deliberation, presentation and question-answer sessions, contextual problem-solving, class-president election and democracy simulation, varied instructional media, and positive reinforcement. Supporting factors included school commitment, facilities, character-habituation programs, teacher competence, and student enthusiasm, while inhibiting factors included an unconducive classroom atmosphere, low student self-confidence, disrespectful peer behavior, and uneven participation. Sustained, synergistic efforts among teachers, learning strategies, and the school environment are needed for democratic character strengthening to proceed optimally and equitably.

این پژوهش با انگیزه اهمیت تقویت شخصیت دموکراتیک دانش‌آموزان دبستان از طریق آموزش مطالعات اجتماعی و آموزش شهروندی (PPKn) انجام شده است. معلمان نقش راهبردی در نهادینه‌سازی ارزش‌های دموکراتیک دارند، اما اجرای آن همچنان با چالش‌های مختلفی مواجه است. هدف این پژوهش توصیف نقش معلم، راهبردهای به‌کاررفته و عوامل تسهیل‌کننده و بازدارنده در تقویت شخصیت دموکراتیک دانش‌آموزان در آموزش PPKn پایه پنجم است. این پژوهش با رویکرد کیفی توصیفی در UPTD SD Negeri Perigi 03 شهر تانگرانگ جنوبی و با مشارکت مدیر مدرسه، معلمان پایه پنجم و دانش‌آموزان پایه پنجم انجام شد. داده‌ها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد جمع‌آوری و با استفاده از مدل تعاملی مایلز و هابرمن (کاهش داده‌ها، نمایش داده‌ها و نتیجه‌گیری/تأیید) تحلیل شدند و روایی از طریق مثلث‌سازی تضمین گردید. نتایج نشان داد که معلمان پنج نقش—آموزگار، تسهیل‌گر، راهنما، انگیزه‌بخش و الگو—را از طریق راهبردهایی مانند بحث و گفت‌وگوی گروهی، ارائه و پرسش‌وپاسخ، حل مسئله‌های زمینه‌محور، انتخابات رئیس کلاس و شبیه‌سازی دموکراسی، رسانه‌های آموزشی متنوع و تقویت مثبت ایفا کردند. عوامل تسهیل‌کننده شامل تعهد مدرسه، امکانات، برنامه‌های عادت‌دهی به شخصیت، شایستگی معلم و اشتیاق دانش‌آموزان و عوامل بازدارنده شامل فضای نامناسب کلاس، اعتمادبه‌نفس پایین دانش‌آموزان، رفتار بی‌احترام همسالان و مشارکت نامتوازن بودند. تلاش‌های مستمر و هم‌افزا میان معلمان، راهبردهای یادگیری و محیط مدرسه برای تقویت شخصیت دموکراتیک به‌صورت بهینه و عادلانه ضروری است.