CONSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY EDUCATION AS STRENGTHENING OF CITIZENS OF CHARACTER
Maryanto*, Nor Khoiriyah** Dosen Program Studi PPKn Universitas PGRI Semarang maryanto_drs@yahoo.co.id
ABSTRACT
Indonesia is one of the democratic countries. The values of democracy in Indonesia are derived from the values that come from the social and cultural life in society itself. Therefore, the Indonesian applies the ideology of Pancasila democracy, where Pancasila (five principles) is an ideology that guides the life of Indonesian society. Based on this matter, democracy education is needed as a strategy of socializing the values of democracy to the community, especially for the young generation. It is executed to prepare citizens to behave and act democratically, so that will form the character of citizenship that reflects the personality of the people of Indonesia against the norms, rights, and obligations as citizens. The construction of democracy education as the strengthening of citizenship character has two concepts to be discussed in this article. First, development of intellectual ability for cognitive citizenship skills. Second, the development of citizenship participation skills
Key Words: Construction, Democracy Education, Character of Citizenship
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