USING LOCAL VALUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIC COMPETENCES IN SCHOOLS OF YOGYAKARTA
SAMSURI & SUHARNO

YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This paper elaborated the main components of citizenship competence with local values as a way to survive and revive the local identity within national sphere in the 21st Century. Particularly the local values derived according to local wisdom teachings which have been living values in Yogyakarta society. Civic competency components have been developed as an instrument to evaluate the achievement of civics teaching and learning which conducted the values in current curriculum. Yogyakarta as one of special provinces in Indonesia has many traditions, history, and local wisdom teachings.
For that purpose, the study explored using local values as content and goal for civic teaching and learning. Indicators of civic competence used to evaluate the achieving internalized that values.
The research and development model has been conducted in civics classrooms in the secondary and senior high schools, in Yogyakarta. Technically, first, identifying local wisdom teachings as living values both formally in some regional regulations and traditions. Secondly, developing the local wisdom teachings as contents well as national contents through learning in schools.
The conclusions, firstly, the local values as well as national values integrated in the main content for developing civic competences. The competence covered knowledge, dispositions and skills. Secondly, local values strengthened the national values both as teaching materials and civic education objectives as seemed in the achievement of component of citizenship competence as implemented in schools.

Keywords: civic competence, local values, local wisdom, good citizens

Topic: Virtues, Characters and Civic Community