THE ROLE OF EXTRACURRICULAR THEATER IN FORMING CHARACTER IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Education is not only obtained through reading but also through activities that they do which will become a form of talent that they have themselves. Not only that, the meaning of education is very broad such as character education. Where this character education focuses on human behaviour. As explained earlier, character education is also not only obtained through reading but can also be found from a real object. Like parents who give examples of good behaviour to their children, teachers who give examples of good behaviour to their students, and also the surrounding environment which unintentionally also becomes a benchmark for growing character in children. The research method used used a descriptive qualitative approach with data collection techniques using interviews, observation, and documentation. The results in this study with the existence of extracurricular theatre with students playing p can make students have a sense of responsibility to God Almighty besides being a means of developing self-confidence in students and developing a means of developing social attitude values in students.