The influence of using gadgets for character’s development (PAUD)

Nowdays, The use of gadgets is a very complex problem in the community, especially for young children. The 4.0 industrial revolution which is currently a hot topic in education today has caused one of them with the use of gadgets to be a major problem in society regarding the formation of its character. The characters formed in early childhood education are religious, responsible, disciplined, communicative/friendly, independent, creative, curiosity, and tolerance. The purpose of this study was to determine the character development in early childhood which was influenced by the use of gadgets. The research used a quantitative descriptive method via scoring and percentage. From the result of this research, it was eight characters that were applied in learning for early childhood in PAUD. There were five characters with the lowest scores, namely religious, communicative/friendly, tolerance, responsible, and intelligence with unfavorable
fair criteria. It could be concluded that the use of gadgets is very influence in the formation of character in early childhood, because early childhood is the golden generation of a nation to advance.