Internalization of Character Education Values in Pilot School, Bantul

Education is very important in life. Good education cannot be separated from the implementation of character education values. That is, education is not just the activity of transferring knowledge, but also the activity of transferring character values. Students at every level of school were not only expected to be smart, but also good characters. Therefore, the values of character education need to be internalized for each student. The purpose of this research were to describe the strategy conducted by teachers to internalize the values of character education and to describe the values of character education that have been done by students in SMP Negeri 1 Bantul. The method used in this research was qualitative method. The results and discussion of this research showed that the strategy of internalization of character education value in SMP Negeri 1 Bantul have been done through routine activities, namely 1) Flag Ceremony, 2) 5S Activity, 3) Singing Indonesian Raya, 4) Reading Al-Quran (for Muslim), Bible (for non-Muslims), infaq, and jamaah praying Friday, 5) school literacy movements, and 6) open schools and bazaars. Then, students have applied nationalist, religious, politeness, integrity, responsibility, and social caring values.