摘要：This study aims to develop and examine a civic education textbook model basedon living values education in order to foster the development of junior high schoolstudents’ characters. This research employs Research and Development approachwith an explorative method being used at model development stage and experimentmethod at model testing stage. Research subjects are teachers of Civics Educationand junior high school students in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Data weregathered through observation, interview, focus group discussion, and attitude scale.Qualitative data analysis includes interactive analysis and quantitative data analysisuses a paired sample T-test. The results of the research are: 1) at a conceptuallevel, a living values education-based textbook is the integration of living valuesand the principles of living values education into textbooks by taking into accountthe principles of scientific learning, core competencies and basic competencies inaccordance with the national curriculum, and the principles of textbook writing(content feasibility, presentation, language and readability, and graphics); and 2)the use of living values education-based Civic Education textbook significantlyimpacts the development of junior high school students’ character.
关键词：living values education; textbooks; civic education; character; students;junior high school; Indonesia
