Implementasi penguatan pendidikan karakter untuk mengembangkan kecerdasan moral di Sekolah Menengah Atas

Penelitian ini berupaya mendeskripsikan implementasi penguatan pendidikan karakter di Sekolah Menengah Atas Islam Terpadu Nur Hidayah, Sukoharjo, Jawa Tengah dengan menggunakan pendekatan penelitian analisis kualitatif deskriptif  studi kasus. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik wawancara, observasi, studi dokumen, dan FGD untuk memperoleh data. Analisis data melalui tahapan reduksi data, display data, dan kesimpulan. Sedangkan  analisis implementasi metode penguatan pendidikan karakter untuk pengembangan moral peserta didik menggunakan pendekatan moral knowing, moral feeling, dan moral action/ behavior. Subyek yang diteliti adalah peserta didik, pendidik, dan pimpinan Sekolah. Ada sebelas  metode penguatan karakter diantaranya pengajaran di dalam kelas, outing class, penugasan, konseling, tsaqafah, berorganisasi, mentoring, pramuka, pengontrolan, habituasi, keteladanan, hukuman dan penghargaan. Dampak dari metode penguatan pendidikan karakter ini terinternalisasinya kecerdasan moral pada siswa berupa nilai-nilai religius, disiplin, bekerja keras, kreatif, mandiri, demokratis, semangat kebangsaan, menghargai prestasi, peduli lingkungan, peduli sosial, dan bertanggung jawab. Dengan demikian metode penguatan pendidikan karakter ini dapat diimplementasikan di sekolah-sekolah menengah atas di Indonesia.

Implementation of strengthening character education to develop moral intelligence in High School. The present study seeks to describe the implementation of the method of character education enhancement in Nur Hidayah Integrated Islamic Senior High School of Sukoharjo city of Central Java province of Indonesia. It applied descriptive qualitative approach using analytical case study. This research uses interview, observation, document study, and FGD techniques to obtain data. Data analysis through the stages of data reduction, data display, and conclusions. While the analysis of the implementation of the method of strengthening character education for the moral development of students uses the approach of moral knowing, moral feeling, and moral action / behavior. Subjects studied were students, educators, and school leaders.There were eleven methods of character enhancement; classroom instruction, outing class, assignation, counseling, civilizing, organizing, mentoring, controlling, habituation, exemplar, as well as punishment and reward. The impact of the methods of character education enhancement involved the internalization of moral intelligence of students. Therefore, such methods can be implemented in senior high schools