Sarmini, Gading Gamaputra, Anna Noordia, Lisnani, Sujatno, Hari Kusmanto, Mochamad Kamil Budiarto
The pervasive culture of corruption in educational settings underscores the urgent need for character education that fosters integrity and an anti-corruption ethos among youth, particularly in East Java, Indonesia, where local values offer a unique context for ethical development. This study aims to: (1) identify factors shaping students’ integrity, including individual, family, school, socio-cultural, and media influences; (2) explore parent-school collaborative strategies, emphasizing ethnopedagogy; and (3) address digital media challenges to sustain integrity values. Employing a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, data were collected from 378 respondents (students, parents, teachers, principals, community leaders) in Ponorogo, Madiun, Magetan, and Ngawi via Likert-scale questionnaires (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.82), interviews, and focus group discussions, analyzed using SPSS and interactive qualitative methods. Results reveal high integrity scores (mean 4.0–4.3) driven by personal motivation, democratic parenting, school policies, and local values like srawung and legowo, though digital media poses challenges. Ethnopedagogical practices and parent-school synergy significantly enhance integrity, offering a framework for sustainable anti-corruption education. © The Author(s) 2025.
Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia; Social Sciences Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
