Affirmation of Nationality Character Through Learning of Citizenship Education Based on Local Wisdom
Tolak Totok, Samsuri

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Abstract

Today, the issue of national character becomes one of the priorities that must be instilled in the younger generation in every educational institution. Therefore, educational institutions have a significant role in equipping learners into a generation that has a strong national character. Education becomes a cultural transformation. Thus, education should be the main central in maintaining the values of the ideal life and develop a culture that became the identity of the nation. In the era of globalization, the character becomes the focus of attention as the acculturation of culture between countries. The original characters of the region become the right tool in instilling the values of local wisdom in the next generation of the nation. The values of local wisdom need to be revitalized again to actualize the character of nationality with socio-cultural values. In accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 22 of 2006, Citizenship Education is a subject that focuses on the establishment of citizens who understand and are able to exercise the rights and obligations to become Indonesian citizens who are intelligent, skilled, and characterized as mandated by Pancasila and of the 1945 Constitution. These limits, indicating that Citizenship Education is an educational process, not just teaching or transfer of knowledge, but also about attitude to shape character and personality. The purpose of this paper is to provide a deeper knowledge and insight about the affirmation of national character through the learning of Civics based on local wisdom. Writing method used in the preparation of this paper, the library or library research. With the learning of Citizenship Education based on local wisdom is expected to instill national character in the learners, so that the love of culture and the country is getting stronger.

Keywords: Learning, Civics, Local Wisdom, Nationality Character

Topic: Virtues, Characters and Civic Community