The Role of School Environment in Shaping Students' Morals
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School Environment, Students' Morals, Moral Formation, Akhlakul Karimah, Character Education, Islamic EducationAbstrak
This study examines the role of the school environment in shaping students' morals by focusing on the relationship between the quality of the school climate and the formation of students' akhlakul karimah. The study is based on the view that schools are not only formal institutions for academic instruction but also moral ecosystems where students learn discipline, honesty, responsibility, empathy, cooperation, and respect through daily interactions, teacher role modeling, institutional culture, and pedagogical practices. A quantitative correlational approach was employed with 67 students as respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires that measured two variables: the school environment and students' moral formation. The instruments were tested for validity and reliability, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, simple linear regression, t-test, and the coefficient of determination. The findings show that the school environment obtained a mean score of 3.92, categorized as good, while students' moral formation obtained a mean score of 4.09, also categorized as good. Regression analysis produced the equation Y = 26.137 + 0.629X, indicating that improvement in the school environment is followed by improvement in students' moral formation. The t-test result shows tcount = 7.376, which is higher than ttable = 1.669, with a significance value of 0.000. The coefficient of determination (R2) is 0.456, meaning that the school environment contributes 45.6% to students' moral formation, while 54.4% is influenced by other factors. These findings affirm that a positive, structured, supportive, and value-oriented school environment plays a strategic role in shaping students' morals. The study recommends strengthening school culture, teacher role modeling, emotional safety, empathy-based pedagogy, and collaboration between schools and families to support holistic moral development.
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