The Development of Thematic Learning Model to Improve Students’ Character in an Integrated Learning of Religion Education and Environment Towards Students in Adiwiyata School

Abstract

This research is aimed at developing thematic learning model to improve students’ character in an integrated learning of religion education and environment towards students in Adiwiyata school. Respondents in this research are  grade 4th students of Elementry School 02 and Elementry School 04 Tarandam area of Padang City of West Sumatera Province in Indonesia.The method used in this research is combining Borg & Gall and Dick & Carey l model. To see the effectiveness of the model, the researcher conducted three tests. They are 1-1 test, small  test, and field trials test. There tests are used to figure out the students’ character. The results of this research show that the thematic instructional model improved students’ character with overall average score is 84,08 for the grade 4th students in the two schools. In other words, it can be concluded that thematic learning model is effective for improving students’ character in integrative of learning of religion education and enviroment for students who study at Adiwiyata school in Tarandam area of Padang City as above.