CHARACTER EDUCATION VALUES OF INDONESIAN PEOPLE IN THE SHARIA MAQASID PERSPECTIVE Duski Ibrahim
UIN Raden Fatah Palembang
Abstract
To improve the quality of education in various aspects, the Indonesian government has formulated for about eigh teen significant character values that must be followed in the implementation of teaching-learning processes. Those character values comprised of Religiousness, Honesty, Tolerance, Discipline, Hard work, Creativity, Independence, Democratic, Curiosity, patriotic, nation loyalty, Respectful, Friendly/communicative, Peacefulness, Reading habit, Nature Awareness, Social care and Responsibility. In my assumption, the values of character education that have been formulated are very much in accordance with Islamic teachings, especially witht heapproachor in the perspective of the Maqasid Syariah, in which the essence is to realize the benefit of humans, both in this world and the hereafter, by maintaining five principles known as al-kulliyat al-Khams, namely: preserving religion, soul, thought, descent including honor, and property protection. This study aimedat analyzing the existence of the values of character education used as guidelines in the implementation of education in Indonesia. The data were in the form of formulation of character education values that have been formalized by the Government in the implementation of education in various fields. Then, the interpretations carried out by educational experts were collected through searching data from literature or literature studies. Data analysis was in the form of descriptive qualitative. The results of the analysis based on Syaria Maqasid perspective showed that the character values of Indonesian education were in line with the principles or rules of Syaria Maqasids. The refore, on the one hand the values of Indonesian character education could be maintained, and on the other hand Indonesian people could be creative in advancing education in Indonesia with a pluralistic society.
Keywords: Values of education character, Maqasid Syariah
