Title:
CHARACTER EDUCATION AND RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Authors:
Arundati Shinta, Indonesia

Abstract:
The aim of this essay is to explain the difficulties of teaching character education, especially responsible behavior. This happens because parents, teachers and other adults find it difficult to provide role models for responsible behavior. Apart from that, the teaching method is not immediately applicable. The strategy proposed in this article is for children and adults to learn responsibility at the same time through waste management. This is because everyone produces waste, and therefore everyone should also be responsible for their waste. In fact, in general, people are reluctant to take responsibility for their own waste. To foster responsible behavior towards waste, there are two proposed suggestions. First, the individual should interact socially with the waste care community. Second, make waste processing activities as a project, not just a mere responsible behavior forming. This second suggestion actually is a unique strategy to change cognition to lighten the burden of responsible behavior which is always perceived as burdensome.