STRENGTHENING CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AS PATRIOTISM EDUCATION IN INDONESIA THROUGH PROJECT CITIZEN
Encep Syarief Nurdin, Asep Dahliyana

Lecturer of Civic Education Department of General Education
Faculty of Education Social Sciences Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to illustrate the contribution of citizen project model in Civic Education in Higher Education in fostering patriotism of students. The research process uses a quantitative approach by conducting a survey. The research population is University of Indonesia Education student who is doing contract of Civic Education course. The sample of research are the students of Study Program PGSD A and C, and Biology Study Program with the number of 108 people. The results showed that the influence of citizenship education based on citizen project to the strengthening of patriotism by 38.2%. This implies the motivation of students to follow the process of Civic Education course because students identify their own problems and solve problems in groups.

Keywords: civic education, college, patriotism, and project citizen

Topic: Role-Model and Democratic Citizenship