Abstract
This study aims to describe the development of national education policies by uniting the main character values set by the Indonesian Ministry of Education with the moral values of the Lonto leok culture of the Manggarai community. Also, to find out and explain the role of the principal’s leadership based on the Lonto Leok culture teaching approach. This research used a qualitative approach, a case study design. To achieve research objectives, data collection through in-depth interviews, observation of participants, and study documentation. Data analysis used a modified analytic analysis method. Data validity is assessed based on the level of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results of the study explained that the school’s character values derived from the unification of national character values and the cultural values of Lonto Leok culture had an effective impact on shaping the character of students at school. Besides, explaining that the application of the principal’s transformational leadership role model based on the approach of Lonto Leok’s cultural teaching dimensions encourages all components of the school, parents, and community to actively participate in supporting the implementation of character education strengthening programs in schools. The contribution of this research is to position the moral values of the “Lonto Leok” culture of the Manggarai community as local cultural assets that support the formation of student character. Also, the dimensions of teaching lonto leok culture affect effectively supporting the principal’s transformational leadership behavior, so that the program to strengthen character education is optimally implemented.
Highlights
Progress in the global era has unified human potential without limits, in the concept of thinking, communicating, and acting, presenting changes in various fields including education (Li, 2013; Cook et al, 2016)
The determination of school character values is the development of national policy, which unites national character values and Lonto Leok’s moral values
The main character values in schools are determined based on the integration of national character values and the moral values of Lonto leok culture of Manggarai community
Summary
Progress in the global era has unified human potential without limits, in the concept of thinking, communicating, and acting, presenting changes in various fields including education (Li, 2013; Cook et al, 2016). The changes that occur cause the strengthening of personal autonomy in building identity and morality (Veugelers, 2008), but on the other hand, positions humans in a dilemmatic situation, because they compete with each other, impacting on losing critical awareness of humanity (Giddens, 2003; Lovvorn & Chen, 2011). The lack of competence and moral appreciation is caused by policies and the flawed pedagogical approach (Kasali, 2017). All these weaknesses plunged humans into dehumanization actions, and have an impact on moral conflict (Giddens, 2003). Actions of moral perversion are shown in forms, such as; intolerant attitudes that give birth to radical groups, fights between students, drug use, promiscuity, cheating, stealing, unethical dress, undisciplined, impolite, unethical in speaking, losing the meaning of the values of local cultural wisdom (Koesoema, 2010; Endah, 2012; Ministry of Education, 2016)
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