Lesson Study for Developing the Pedagogical Competence of Pre-Service Teachers by Integrating Character Values in Thematic Teaching at Elementary Schools

This study aimed at developing students’ pedagogic competence that consists of the ability to design the 2013 Curriculum thematic teaching integrated with character values through a lesson study. This study belongs to action research with an action of lesson study that was done in 2 cycles. The subjects were the students who took the practice teaching program and the object was the students’ pedagogic competence in integrating character values with thematic teaching. The results of the study indicate that lesson study is able to improve the ability of students to design and implement integrated learning character values. The results of the effectiveness test show that lesson study proved to be effective in improving the pedagogical abilities of students integrating character values in thematic learning.