Implementation of Strengthening Character Education (SCE) through Social Studies Learning and School Culture at Junior High School Sunan Giri Menganti Gresik

Pengembangan karakter dan peningkatan intelektual pada peserta didik menjadi hal penting dan diutamakan dalam sistem pendidikan nasional di Indonesia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mampu menjelaskan serta mengetahui hasil implementasi Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter (PPK) melalui pembelajaran IPS dan budaya sekolah di SMP Sunan Giri Menganti Gresik. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif berdasarkan studi kasus (case study) dengan peneliti berperan sebagainkey-instrumentnpenelitian. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada bulan September-Desember 2020 dengan subjek penelitian kepala sekolah, wakil kepala sekolah bidang kurikulum, guru IPS, dan warga sekolah. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, dokumentasi, catatan lapangan, dan observasi. Analisis data menggunakan tiga cara analisis yang dilakukan dalam waktu yang bersamaan, yakni proses reduksi data, penyajian hasil data, serta penarikan kesimpulan atau verifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa implementasi Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter (PPK) di SMP Sunan Giri Menganti dalam pembelajaran IPS yang tertulis pada RPP berdasarkan acuan Kurikulum 2013 dan dalam budaya sekolah melalui kegiatan classroom management, budaya Islami, budaya gotong royong dan disiplin, home visit, dan Peringatan Hari Besar Nasional (PHBN) serta Peringatan Hari Besar Islam (PHBI). Hasil implementasi Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter (PPK) terlihat dari karakter yang terbentuk pada siswa yang ditunjukkan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran IPS berupa munculnya karakter mandiri dan gotong royong. Dalam budaya sekolah juga siswa aktif di dalamnya dan menunjukkan adanya karakter religius (dalam budaya Islami), gotong royong dan integritas (dalam kegiatan PHBI maupun PHBN).

Kata Kunci: Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter, pembelajaran IPS, budaya sekolah

Character development and intellectual enhancement of students were important and prioritized in the national education system in Indonesia. The purpose of this research was to explain and find out the results of implementation the Strengthening of Character Education (SCE) through social studies learning and school culture at Junior High School Sunan Giri Menganti Gresik. This research was qualitative research based on a case study which the researcher acts as a key research instrument. The research was conducted in September-December 2020 with the research subjects were school principals, vice principals in curriculum, social studies teachers, and school members. Data collection techniques in the form of interviews, documentation, field notes, and observations. Data analysis used three methods of analysis carried out at the same time, namely the process of data reduction, presentation of data results, and drawing conclusions or verification. The results showed that implementation the Strengthening of Character Education (SCE) at Junior High School Sunan Giri Menganti in social studies learning written in the RPP based on the 2013 Curriculum reference and in school culture through classroom management, Islamic culture, mutual cooperation and discipline, home visit, National Day Celebration, and Islamic Day Celebration. The results of implementation the Strengthening of Character Education (SCE) could be seen from the characters that are formed in students who were shown in social studies learning activities by independent and mutual assistance characters. In school culture, students were also active in it and showed religious character (in Islamic culture), mutual cooperation and integrity (in National Day Celebration, and Islamic Day Celebration activities).

Keywords: Strengthening Character Education, social studies learning, school culture