THE EDUCATION VALUES IN GREG MORTENSON AND DAVID OLIVER RELIN’S NOVEL “THREE CUPS OF TEA”

ABSTRACT The objectives of the research were to find the education values and describe education values that apply by the main character of “Three Cups of Tea” novel by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. In analyzing the novel, qualitative content analysis was used in this research, focused on the characteristics of language as communication with attention to the content or contextual meaning of the text. Here, peer debriefing was used to improve the credibility of data.Peer debriefing is the process whereby a researcher calls upon a disinterested peer—a peer who is not involved in the research project—to aid in probing the researcher's thinking around all or parts of the research process. After analizing and reading many times, the education values found in this novelis divided into two types related to Linda’s theory. They are Values of Being and Values of Giving. Values of Being is a value that is within evolved human beings into the behavior and the way we treat others. In the result of values of being there are three values honesty, four values of bravery, two values of peaceable, six values of confidence and potent, two values of self-discipline and moderation, three values of purity and pureness. Besides, values of giving is values which needed to be practiced or provided and then would be accepted as given and the result of the research values of giving there are three values of loyalty and trustworthy, five values of respect, two values of love and affection, two values of sensitiveness and selfless, three values of kindness and friendliness, and the last there are two values of fairness. Keywords: Education Values, Qualitative Content Analysis, Three Cups of Tea