ISLAMIC CHARACTER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT: AN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN STUDENTS' CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0

Abstract

The purpose of character education management education is to improve the quality of educational processes and outcomes so that the formation of character and noble morals of students becomes whole, comprehensive, and balanced, standards with the competence of graduates of each educational unit. This study aims to provide an overview of the importance of character education management in shaping Islamic character. The involvement of teachers, parents, the community, and digital media must be balanced in supporting the strengthening of student character education. This research uses the library research method. The results of this study show that Islamic education management is a process in education management that includes planning, implementing, organizing, directing, and supervising. The purpose of education management is to achieve educational goals optimally. Furthermore, in character education, teachers play an important role in shaping Islamic character in students. Therefore, teachers must be able to take an approach that is adjusted to technological developments. This certainly requires collaboration between parents and the community. The involvement of various parties has in fact become a supporter of the success of strengthening Islamic character education. In strengthening Islamic character education, Islamic religious education is the basis for shaping Islamic character. So the optimization of Islamic religious education needs to be done as a form of strengthening character education.