Character Education Strategies of Eating in Indonesian Schools

Character education is an effort to develop characters so that the desired character values can be achieved. Character education strategies of eating are important and strategic to ensure a balanced, halal, thoyib, and civilized nutritional intake. Therefore, this study aimed at examining the character education strategies of eating in Indonesian schools. The method of study used Systematic Review. The data sources of this study were in the form of journal articles and relevant sources both online and even offline, in which it was related to eating character education. Data analysis methods used in this study were meta-analysis for quantitative data and meta-synthesis for qualitative data. Based on the study results, it can be concluded that there are 6-character education strategies of eating in Indonesian schools, namely: reinforcement of daily meal policy, reinforcement of eating manners, learning of halal and thoyib food, reinforcement of healthy eating habits, reinforcement of healthy canteens and nutrition programs, and reinforcement of outdoor class activities. Those six-character education strategies of eating are mostly done by full-day schools, featured schools, favorite schools, and model schools at both the primary and secondary education levels in Indonesia.