Jebakan Pendekatan Produk dalam Pendidikan Karakter: Refleksi Kritis untuk Penerapan Kokurikuler di Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This research reveals a fundamental paradox in the implementation of the Pancasila Student Profile Strengthening Project (P5): schools achieve 96.46% physical output success while teachers' understanding of character dimensions reaches only 32.30%. A product-oriented trap occurs when focus on visible output metrics overshadows meaningful learning processes and internalization of values. Using the Discrepancy Evaluation Model with a mixed method approach, this evaluative research involved 226 students, 12 teachers, and 5 principals from five elementary schools in Dlingo Subdistrict, Bantul Regency. Data were collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews, observations, and document analysis, then analyzed using descriptive quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings revealed an extreme gap in the "installation" aspect (teacher understanding) of 67.70%, indicating that teacher training remains technical-procedural rather than philosophical-substantive. The product trap is systemic: success metrics focused on visible outputs, inadequate teacher training, overloaded rural school structures, and "busy is good" culture mutually reinforce one another. This research validates the Ministry of Education's 2025 decision to replace P5 with meaningful co-curricular activities and recommends reorienting teacher training, changing monitoring systems, and simplifying administrative burden to realize substantive and sustainable character education.