Comparative Study of Japan Soft Skills-Characters and Culture; An Educational and Islamic Perspective
Dedi Suryadi, Suryanto , Mukhlis Rahmanto
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
This research aims to explore:1) Development of character education in Japan; 2) model of Character education in Islam based on Qur an and Hadith; 3) How character education is practised in both Indonesia and Japan?; 4) What was similiar and different about the concept of character education in both Indonesia and Japan? The new finding is theoritical development of softskill, character and culture of Japan in terms of Islamic Perspective. It will benefits for Indonesia that makes Islam as one source in national education orientation. This research hope to take advantages in the development of Indonesia s national character education. The character of a community can not separate from the internal and external factors as shown in Japans character and culture that brings to a national progress. The internal and external factors are: 1) Developing excellent and Islamic values as main philosophical framework in Universitas Muhammadiyah Ygyakarta inspired by Japans character and cultural based on Rahmatan lil-alamin, the universal approach of Islamic teachings; 2) Strengthening education quality (e.g. curriculum, methodology, learning materials, evaluation and teaching technologies) as main strategic target (e.g. social economy, health, education) that operationalize the excellent research objectives of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.
Keywords: Soft Skills, National Education of Character, Japan, Islam
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies