Abstract
This research was inspired by some of the realities that the author found related to the implementation of character education, especially in several regencies/cities in East Kalimantan. Apart from the author’s concern toward the case of the moral decadence of the nation's children, this should be a demand and obligation for every educator to form the character of his students. Therefore, various models and innovations began to be developed by educational units led by creative teachers starting to package character-based learning designs and innovations. This research focuses on character models developed by the school. This research is a field work research that focuses on multi-site studies. Sources of data in this study include: teachers and students in several schools are the focus of research. The research locus is spread in several regions, namely: Tarakan, Bulungan, East Kutai and Bontang. The data collection techniques that the author uses in this study include: observations, interviews and documentations. Furthermore, the findings of the research data were processed using Milles and Hubberman's interactive analysis using the data reduction flow , data display and data conclusions . Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the character values developed include: religious values, creative, independent and responsible, the spirit of nationality and love for the motherland, tolerance, communication and love the environment.
Highlights
Various models and innovations began to be developed by educational units led by creative teachers starting to package characterbased learning designs and innovations
Character is more than appearance and reputation and constitutes more than our personality or temperament." Bohlin's opinion provides verification that character is a characteristic of an individual that explains who someone is, and distinguishes him/her from other individuals
Character education can be metamorphosed in the form of the development of ICT (Technology, Information and Communication) that is utilized in learning, as developed by SMK Negeri 1 Tarakan
Summary
These forms of embodiment of the three characters will be explored more deeply in this research, namely in the form of the development of multisite education in Mangrove Forests, ICT-based Education (Technology, Information and Communication) and culture-based character education. The multi-site study design is a qualitative research that involves several sites (space), places and research subjects. As stated by Bogdan and Biklen, multi-site study is one form of research qualitative which can be used primarily to develop theory appointed from several similar research settings, so that can be produced a theory that can be transferred to a wider situation and general scope (Bogdan & Biklen, 1982). The data collection techniques that the author used in this study were observations, interviews and documentation. Based on the data the author found in the field, it can be squeezed out the forms of application of character values in MAN Bulungan, are: religious, communicative, tolerance, environmental care, creative, independent, national spirit, nationalism
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