Ki Hadjar Dewantara's Thoughts on Character and Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze how Ki Hadjar Dewantara's thoughts on character and education, especially those related to Islamic Education. The method used is a historical approach, with content analysis, and descriptive and comparative techniques. The data are analyzed to conclude existing phenomena. The results of the research, Ki Hadjar's thoughts about the character were not found to be a foundation that was closely related to faith, but based on the universal personality of the nation, it can be found that Ki Hadjar wanted the Indonesian nation to have a good attitude and personality and remain grounded in the personality of the Indonesian nation which has a distinctive culture and personality. While character in Islam cannot be separated from tawhid and faith. So, so important is character, so Ki Hadjar makes this the soul of his educational concept. Even the government admits, almost all concepts of national education refer to his thoughts.