INTERNALIZATION OF BOARDING SCHOOL VALUES AND CULTURE AMIDST DECLINING PARENTING INTENSITY

Caregivers play a very strategic role in educating and shaping the character of students. Ideally, students who receive supervision from their caretakers can instill a personality of obedience and compliance in them. And students who do not have caretakers or receive less supervision from their caretakers can experience a crisis of obedience and compliance. However, what happened at the MSW Sabilil Mukminin Kediri Islamic boarding school was a contradictory phenomenon to what should have happened. The decrease in the intensity of caretaker supervision did not actually reduce the level of obedience and compliance of the students. The students' obedience and compliance increased compared to previous generations when they had more intense supervision from caretakers. This study aims to describe the phenomenon that occurred at the MSW Sabilil Mukminin Kediri Islamic boarding school from the forms and patterns of obedience of students in daily life and analyze the process of internalization of Islamic boarding school values that influence student obedience. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study design. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation, then analyzed through the stages of condensation, presentation, and verification of data. The results of this study indicate that students' obedience stems from a strong internalization of the spiritual and cultural values of the Islamic boarding school, rather than from strict supervision by their guardians. Religious awareness, exemplary behavior among students, and the practice of religious observance are the dominant factors in shaping intrinsic discipline. This research contributes to strengthening the theory of character education based on Islamic boarding school culture and offers practical implications for Islamic educational institutions to balance structural and cultural approaches in shaping students' character.