Social Engineering of a Civic Virtue and Local Wisdom Values : A Model to Character Education in Higher Education
Nurul Zuriah and Hari Sunaryo

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesian

Abstract

Abstract: The development of the nation’s character is very important in Indonesian. The general objective of the research is to construct and develop a civic virtue and local wisdom-based character education program model in higher education. The research was conducted in three universities: UMM, UNS, and UPI. A Qualitative and quantitative research approach with development research design was employed. The techniques of data collection adopted were references, observations and questionnaires with Delphi technique. The data were analysable using the mix between descriptive qualitative research and library research, accompanied with heuristic, critical, interpretative. The result in the second year is in the form of a draft of the social engineering construction of a civic virtue and local wisdom values-based education model where it was variously applied in each high education, depending on the policy and nomenclature prevailed in each higher education. But, as synthesis and collaboration, the social engineering draft of the nation character education model is developed into an Input – Process – Output plot. Some models of character education developed in higher education in Indonesia are best practices of the character education resulting from the social engineering and the integrative synergy from all existing components and involve many parties in the implementation.

Keywords: Keywords: social engineering, character education, civic virtue

Topic: Virtues, Characters and Civic Community