The Importance of Civic Education Learning on Nationalism in the Era of Globalisation
Mas Fierna Janvierna Lusie Putri1 Herdi Wisman Jaya2 Fidah Nurbayti3 Dona Purnama4 Yeti Yetnasari5
Pancasila and Citizenship Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Pamulang, Banten Province, Indonesia1,2,3,4,5
Email: [email protected]1 [email protected]2 [email protected]3 [email protected]4 [email protected]5
Abstract
In this era of globalization, there are negative and positive impacts that can significantly affect the character or identity of Indonesian society, especially the younger generation and the loss of a sense of nationalism or love for the Republic of Indonesia. Therefore, Civic Education is the basis for the younger generation in Indonesia in responding to the negative impacts of globalization. This research uses a library method that is looking for reliable sources such as scientific journals, research articles and descriptive reports that are relevant. The results of this study indicate that the role of Civic Education is very important for the Indonesian state in this era of globalization, which aims to preserve the character or identity of the Indonesian state and be able to compete with foreign cultures. This has proven to be very important for the Indonesian people, such as the Indonesian people being able to think critically, have innovative and creative and of course obey the rules that apply in Indonesia. Therefore, understanding the role of civic education through the education sector requires synergy between all stakeholders. This will be the main capital needed in the current era of globalization. The term globalization is not a new term or a term of the day. Globalization can also be defined as the process of entering into a world that affects all important aspects of human life.
Keyword: Civic Education, Nationalism Attitude, Nationalism in the era of globalization
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INTRODUCTION
Citizenship Education is very familiar in Indonesia, especially in schools. Of course, this science will always exist in all basic and higher education institutions, because Citizenship Education has the aim of shaping the character of the community itself. It is also the government's effort to cultivate national values that are packaged in different dimensions and perspectives. Related to basic information in the framework of values to encourage civic education, the younger generation has a high sense of nationalism and can then actively participate in political activities that build and create a good next generation. (Ulfah et al., 2021) argue for its role as an educational tool that plays a strategic role in direct contact with pontesial Civic Education targets in different age groups. (Nur Fadhila & Najicha, 2021) argue that in essence Pancasila is customary, cultural and religious values that are closely related to the nationality of Indonesian society.
Therefore, good energy is needed from all parties in understanding the role of civic education through the education sector. This will be the main capital needed in the current era of globalisation. The word globalisation is not a new thing or word. Globalisation can also be interpreted as the process of entering the scope of the world that touches all important sides of human life. The meaning of globalisation itself is a term that has emerged around the 20th century, when Indonesia opened international trade routes. The impact of globalisation has had a significant impact on the development of populations around the world both from the perspective of beliefs, norms, ethics, and even the economy of trade between countries. The
positive impact of globalisation has many benefits that we experience such as facilitating long- distance communication as if it were close, ease of transportation, improving the standard of living of the community, and many more. There are also negative impacts that do not directly affect human life. For example, in Indonesia itself, we change the lifestyle of Indonesians who imitate and imitate or tend to favour Western culture or what is often called westernisation.
This is not realised by the Indonesian people who have lost their identity as Indonesian citizens, affected by the loss of a sense of nationality and love for the country and can be a boomerang in Indonesia and of course the future character or nature of the younger generation who will come as students who have the quality of Indonesian education.
It can be concluded that Citizenship Education through education is a form and a serious effort to equip Indonesian citizens, especially the younger generation, with values that are in line with the objectives of Citizenship Education. The cultivation of nationalism and citizenship values through education is one of the efforts that is expected to play an effective role in organising various activities that can support the values of Civic Education that are pursued.
One of them is in realising the value of knowledge, the ability to socialise in society, the value of guidance upheld by the Indonesian nation, namely the ability to communicate the value of Pancasila.
RESEARCH METHODS
The method of writing this research is a literature study method or it can also be called the Library Research method, which is known as the library research method by collecting secondary data in the form of information obtained from scientific articles, magazine reviews and reports related to the chosen topic. The data that has been received is then interpreted descriptively and consistently in explaining the material presented. Literature study is a necessary research activity, especially academic research whose main purpose is to develop theoretical and practical aspects. Every researcher who conducts desk research aims to find a basis for obtaining or establishing theories, frameworks of thought, and determining initial assumptions or research hypotheses. So that researchers can classify, separate, organise and use different literature in their field. By conducting a literature survey, researchers gain a broader and deeper experience with the problem under study. This method can be applied individually and does not require an interview process or involve other people. In this case the method is simpler and less time-consuming and does not reduce the accuracy of the information obtained.
RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Civic education in the world of education is a social science that teaches civic values that are included in the frame of national identity or national identity by instilling civic values through a curriculum that plays a very important role in people's lives to have a sense of nationalism and the purpose of Civic Education. This proves how important the role of Civic Education is as an effort to form the character and morality of the nation's generation in which it learns character values so that it can form a standard student character that can be adjusted in the age of globalisation. Citizenship Education is the basis for delivering students or students to understand various rules, values, applicable systems and also related to the role of society and the state. In studying civic education, of course, there are differences to how to study other educational sciences. Memorising material is not enough, but it can also be applied in everyday life and activities based on the values listed in civic education.
Every education has their own goals, just like civic education which aims to become a good Indonesian citizen, able to maintain unity by instilling moral values and social skills so that they can solve problems carried out in the country in order to make Indonesia a
prosperous, strong and harmonious nation. In the current era of globalisation, human resources are required to have qualified competitiveness. Creating competitiveness requires the active role of everyone involved, both from the government, society at large and academics. For example, all teachers and students must be more innovative, independent and intelligent as well as more detailed in searching and disseminating educational information.
If the value of Civic Education is applied in everyday life, the younger generation will have 2 character value objectives from Pancasila, namely the main character value and the main character value. The purpose of the main character value of Civic Education that is recommended is to understand that students have a religious, smart, resilient, democratic and caring attitude. However, the purpose of the main character value of Civic Education is the implementation of students who have a high sense of nationalism, obey applicable regulations, are responsible, think critically, have an opinion, are creative and innovative. Regardless of the role of Civic Education, the spirit of nationalism is an important factor in maintaining the Indonesian state to realise the ideals of the current globalisation era to become a nation that is good and virtuous in the ideological values of Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, and the Unitary Commitment of the Republic of Indonesia.
Discussion
Globalisation is the process of spreading values and culture to all corners of the world that can change all aspects of human life, social, political, economic and educational. Globalisation changes rapidly from year to year, such as technology, education, law, and economy. The biggest challenge in the globalisation era faced by the Indonesian nation today is the occurrence of a moral and character crisis. This can affect the nation's next generation if they have high individualism and low nationalism. According to Peter Drucker, globalisation is an all- encompassing term that describes the processes at the heart of the global economy. In other words, the term globalisation is used to describe the process of the instantaneous spread of global communications, the growth of international trade, and global financial markets.
In the Big Indonesian Dictionary (Depdikbud, 1997: 648) Nationalism is defined as the internal members of the nation who may or actually together maintain and maintain the identity, needs, prosperity and strength of this nation is the spirit of the nation. Nationalism can be defined as an understanding of creating and maintaining state sovereignty ("Nation" in English) through the realisation of self-identity as a common bond of the group. Nationalism in a sense means the spirit of nationality due to the great similarity of culture or similarity of blood or origin, ethnicity, field of life, beliefs and religion, language and culture. At the beginning of the growth of Nationalism, it can be said to be a psychological state of direct loyalty only to the state. This bond is formed when humans begin to live together in a region and do not lose their sense of nationalism.
The definition of the younger generation is related to the next generation. According to the Balai Pustaka Dictionary of Indonesian Language (1994: 309), young generation comes from the word "generation" which means all humans have more or less the same time in their lives, generations and young generation means groups or teenagers or young people. In this era of globalisation, the sense of nationalism and nationality is fading. The fading of love for the country can be seen from the teenagers' lack of understanding of cultural values and teenagers now follow western culture more than Indonesian customs and norms. The main cause of the fading spirit of nationalism and nationalism of the nation's next generation is mainly due to the wrong and uneducating examples shown by the older generation who tend to prioritise their personal and group interests instead of prioritising the interests of the country and the people.
Parents also do not provide examples of discipline and a sense of responsibility in all matters.
In this era of globalisation, there are two dangerous threats: military and non-military.
Military threats are threats that use armed or organised forces, and non-military threats are threats that do not use weapons but can endanger areas (regions) and even countries if ignored.
However, the most dangerous threats are non-military threats because they can be identified as threatening and endangering state sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security.
This danger is caused by internal problems due to human actions. It can be concluded that non- military dangers are non-physical or invisible threats, but have a major effect and harm from within. For example, losing love for the Republic of Indonesia, polluting the minds of citizens with an understanding of Indonesia that is not in accordance with the rules of citizenship or the values of Pancasila which can damage the personality of Citizenship (Hidapenta & Dewi, 2021).
Changing the character of negative habits of Indonesia's young generation needs to be addressed positively, in addition to becoming a better self, it will affect the development of the personality of the Indonesian nation.
CONCLUSION
We cannot stop globalisation and cannot avoid the positive and negative impacts of globalisation. However, we must not let globalisation make us lose our identity, values, character and morals as Indonesian citizens. Because it is very important in maintaining the integrity of the Indonesian state. Therefore, Civic Education is very important in the lives of Indonesia's young generation today with the aim of maintaining the character of the Indonesian nation and instilling a sense of nationalism in the nation's next generation. In addition, the existence of Civic Education is expected that the young generation of Indonesia is able to think critically, compete in creativity and innovation which aims to honour the name of the Indonesian state in the eyes of the world. In addition, Citizenship Education can also be applied from an early age and it is the family that plays an important role for Indonesian children so that they are accustomed to the attitude of nationalism.
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