The Roles of Schools and Teachers in Building Students’ Character in Digital Era: The Students’ Perspective

Abstract. Nowadays, almost every student has
access to technology. It changes the character
of educational practices applied at school, not
only educating the real character of the
students’ but their virtual life as well. In this
case, the role of teachers and schools is crucial
in establishing students’ attitudes as a back-up
from their parents’ role. However, the
effectiveness of character education in the
digital era in Indonesia has not been deeply
studied. This study intends to investigate the
role of teachers and schools toward the
internalization of character education values in
the digital era from the students’ perspective.
A regression analysis is performed to estimate
and conclude their influence. This study found
that the role of teachers and schools is playing
a significant effect to internalize the value of
character education to their students in the
digital era.