Pendidikan karakter harus dimulai sejak usia dini agar di masa depan dapat tercipta sumber daya kuat yang berkarakter. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan cara guru menanamkan karakter, kendala guru dalam menanamkan karakter, dan cara mengatasi kendala dalam menanamkan karakter pada peserta didik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Teknik yang digunakan yaitu teknik observasi dan wawancara. Subjek dalam penelitian ini yaitu wali kelas I-VI dan Kepala Sekolah SD Negeri Sepandan. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif melalui tiga tindakan yaitu kodifikasi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1) cara guru dalam menanamkan karakter yaitu dengan cara pembiasaan, keteladanan, kantin serta koperasi kejujuran (2) kendala yang dialami yaitu faktor dari lingkungan sekitar peserta didik dan keluarga, (3) cara guru dalam mengatasi kendala penanaman karakter dengan pemberian nasihat dan home visit. Penanaman karakter akan memberikan dampak positif dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar, peserta didik menjadi lebih taan terhadap peraturan, disiplin berangkat sekolah, dan kreatif dalam pembelajaran

The aims of this study was to determine the application of the guided inquiry learning model to improve science learning outcomes for grade IV SD Negeri Doyong 2 Academic Year 2021/2022. The form of this research is a classroom follow-up study (CAR) using two cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages, namely planning, implementing actions, observing, and reflecting. The subjects of this study were teachers and fourth grade students of SD Negeri Doyong 2 with a total of 9 students. This research was conducted from March to August 2022. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, documentation and tests. The data analysis technique used is an interactive analysis model from Miles & Huberman. This study uses two kinds of triangulation, namely source and theory triangulation. This research can be concluded that the application of the inquiry learning model to increase the self-confidence of the fourth graders of SD Negeri Doyong in the 2021/2022 academic year has increased. This is evidenced by the increasing percentage of students' confidence in the process of teaching and learning activities before and after being given action. Based on the results of observations, it shows an increase in self-confidence in the pre-cycle and in each cycle. In the pre-cycle, it was found that the data about the confidence of grade IV students in science lesson content was still low. The level of achievement of precycle self-confidence is still low at 40.00%. In the first cycle there was an increase in students' self-confidence, namely 55.56% and in the second cycle the level of self-confidence increased with an average achievement level of 88.89%.