MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER’S DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN SMA KOTA SUNGAI PENUH

Abstract

This study aims to determine the implementation of multicultural education in an effort to shape the character of students and determine the supporting and inhibiting factors for the implementation of multicultural education, which regulates the research at SMAN Kota Sungai Penuh. This research is a qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The selection of research subjects was carried out using purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques. Collecting data through interviews, observation, and documentation. The results of the study indicate that the implementation of multicultural education in an effort to shape the character of students is carried out through the following programs: a) integration into intracurricular programs; b) integration into extracurricular programs; The school develops character values: religious values, independence, care for the environment, achievement, tolerance, democracy, national spirit, competitive and peace-loving. Supporting factors include: a) good commitment and cooperation between school principals, teachers, students, and the involvement of parents and guardians; b) support from the government and the private sector in the network. Inhibiting factors include: a) the habits and culture of the environment from which students are different; b) community environment; c) peer environment and electronic media; e) incomplete infrastructure; f) evaluation of multicultural education programs that have not been optimal, thus affecting the process of character building.