Strengthening The Tolerance And Cooperative Characterthrough Volleyball Learning

Abstract

Physical education has a critical position in national education and is very popular to become students' favourite. One of the physical education lessons is volleyball which has several potential aspects for building the students' character. This research aims to identify the strengthening of tolerance character in volleyball learning; and the strengthening of cooperative character in volleyball learning. This research method used four design stages: planning action and observation, reflection after the reflection, and replanning, which is planned for two cycles. The results show that in cycle one, the tolerance character is 48% and in cycle 2 is 80%. Meanwhile, the cooperative character in cycle 1 is 49%, and in cycle 2 is 79%. These results confirm that character strengthening can be conducted in all physical education lessons, including volleyball. Based on the results, systematic volleyball teaching can conclude tolerance and cooperative character strengthening.