COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE TO CREAT CHARACTER BASED ON MODERNIZED ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL TURATS

Abstract

Today, Islamic boarding schools face a dilemma. The boarding schools tried to portray their selves as Muslim educational institutions which maintain the traditions. Meanwhile, the global challenges require them to adapt to the changing world while still maintaining the characters as the main orientation of their educational process. To address these challenges, Assalaam, modern Islamic boarding school, makes an ijtihad to ally the concept of boarding school and the concept of modern education management, based on the rule of ushul “al-muhafadhatu ‘ala al-qadim wal as-Salih al-jadid akhdu bi al-ashlah” (maintain the good, and taking new better discoveries), in order to produce graduates who have a spiritual, intellectual, and moral balance; towards ulul albab generation. The main objective of this research is to generate an ideal formulation of guidance program in character building in Assalaam. This research was conducted with naturalistic phenomenological approach, using case study design. Based on the ground-truthing as well as the latest concept of guidance, comprehensive guidance is an ideal choice for character development in boarding schools that implement modern concepts. Comprehensive guidance is developmental
oriented, which is in line with the vision of Assalaam Boarding Schools, and its application is integrated in all activities at the school and its implementation involves all components in the school.