Indonesia Conference Directory

The influence of digital era in Islamic education is significant. It has been developing the quality of human resources, accelerating the process of searching knowledge, and affecting demographic and social value aspects. This change drives the Islamic education curriculum to adjust with the challenges and needs in the digital era. Development of scientific character becomes the main base for the outcome of education. Scientific character is manifestation of scientific work ethos which includes physical and psychical in implementing and creating science, technology, and art. Scientific work ethos is empowered through fostering shame attitude. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. The data were collected by using interview and questionaire. To support data analysis, data triangulation was used. The sampels were the students of Islamic Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Jakarta, who were selected by sampling quota technique. The research results show that, in developing the scientific character through shame culture, there are reinforcing components or stimuli that help the process. These reinforcements or stimuli are religious doctrine, reward, and punishment. These components serve as a drive or motive for certain thought or action related to shame and are religiously or socially influenced. The empowering and habitualizing aspects are 1) the factors which trigger shame in academic activities, 2) the factors that maintain the shame culture in relation to God, other people and self, 3) the function of shame culture to motivae positive behavior, and 4) the function of shame or fear as a control and filter in creating and implementing science, technology, and art.