Implementation of National Obliged Core Curriculum of Indonesian Subject in Strengthening the Students’ Characters of UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta

Abstract

This study aims to describe the implementation of Indonesian MKWK learning in strengthening the character of UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta students. This research was conducted in the 2022/2023 academic year with the subject being students and lecturers of MKWK Indonesian. Informants in this study are Corprod at UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. Collecting data using observation techniques, interviews, and documentation. Checking the validity of the data is done by testing the credibility of the data, testing the dependability of the data, testing the data transferability. The collected data were analyzed using interactive analysis by Miles, Huberman, & Saldana, with the stages of data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that the process of learning and strengthening student character at UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta is seen from four components including: initial conditions of students, integration of learning carried out, application of learning principles, and constraints in the learning process and solutions offered in solving problems. Strengthening class-based characters, referring to Licona includes the characters of discipline, honesty, friendship and communicativeness, curiosity, responsibility, creativity, independence, tolerance, hard work, democracy, and religious character. The findings of character strengthening carried out by new lecturers are limited to the characters of discipline, honesty, responsibility, and independence. While other characters have not been emphasized.