INTERNALIZATION OF CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMI TIME THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AT STIE-I RENGAT STUDENTS

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the lecture system to switch from offline learning to online learning. This more or less affects the character of neglected students and may also make the character of a student lose. The purpose of this study was to analyze the implementation of the process of internalizing character education during the COVID-19 pandemic through entrepreneurship education for STIE-I Rengat students. Entrepreneurship Education is a course given to all STIE-I semester VI (six) students. Through this course it is also hoped that there will be a process of forming student character and also strengthening the entrepreneurial mentality in particular. However, of course, many factors hindered the original objective of this course, plus the Covid-19 pandemic which ultimately disrupted the lecture process and made it run less than optimally. During the Covid-19 pandemic STIE-I Rengat implemented online learning so that learning could continue, this made the process of internalizing character education through entrepreneurship education continue, through 3 stages, carried out in stages and continuously, namely the first value transformation was carried out by presentation methods, group discussions and questions and answers via Google Meet and Zoom. Second, the value transaction stage is carried out by observation or direct questioning with students. Third, the Internalization Stage. This process is carried out in virtual practice by participating in an entrepreneurship program organized by the Ministry of Higher Education. Students are expected to have a strong character and entrepreneurial character especially those who support the characteristics of being responsible, willing to work hard, be creative, innovative, have a spirit of nationalism, patriotism and care about what is happening around them.