INTERVENTION OF LOCAL CULTURE IN THE LEARNING BEHAVIOR OF SANTRI

Disruption is a social phenomenon that can be critically interpreted as 'disrupted, sustained, or emerged as a winner'. As a social phenomenon, disruption also impacts changes in local culture. In the realm of education, these also affect students' learning behaviors. Learning behavior is a manifestation of individual behavior that is visible and shaped by the surrounding culture. Jember City as the highest number of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in East Java, with a majority of its population being santri, which influences the local culture similar to the culture within pesantren environments. This research aims to explore the learning behavior of students at the Faculty of Tarbiyah, University of Islam Jember. This study utilizes a mixed-method approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. The research results illustrate how local culture intervenes in the learning behavior of students. Students with a santri background exhibit similar learning behaviors as those in pesantren, and this is also done by some students who are not santri. Such as showing respect by kissing the hands of lecturers, bowing, and bowing as the rukuk posture during meetings with lecturers. They also tend to feel uncomfortable asking questions or working in groups with the opposite gender.