THE PORTRAIT OF LOCAL WISDOM VALUES IN CONSTRUCTING CHARACTER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA

This study aims to interpret the value of local madrasa wisdom. Habitualization of these values is then used as social capital in building a character education management paradigm. It is b a sed on various problems faced in Islamic education management. Thus, to provide a holistic and in-depth understanding, this research used a qualitative approach with the social construction theory of Peter L. Berger. It was through the dialectical relationship between externalization, objectivation, and internalization. This study found that 1) madrasa local wisdom is essentially a manifestation of the Qur'an as a (belief system) and becomes the basis for managing Islamic education; 2) madrasa local wisdom, suc h as; honesty, discipline, togetherness, commitment, simplicity, independence, sin c erity, leadership, hard work, and responsibility, understood as positive energy and internalized in the madrasa environment; 3) habitualization of the value of local wisdom of madrasa, is a social capital which is then transmitted in the management of Islamic education so that it can influence all practical individual social thoughts and actions in the organization.