The Culture of Gotong Royong the Multiethnic Society in North Sumatera: How to Introduce It to Students through Civic Education?

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10.2991/icssis-18.2019.69How to use a DOI?

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The Culture of Gotong Royong, Multiethnic Society, Civic Education

Abstract

Indonesia is the country united by ethnical, religion, racial and group differences. This diversity phenomena has been existed among society before this country’s independence. The reality of this diversity can be seen from various cultures of Gotong Royong which become Indonesian national identity. But in reality, this nation face various basic problems, among others is the lack of national identity marked by deterioration of virtue value such as the fading away of Gotong Royong behavior particularly among young generation. This study aims to generate a learning innovation to introduce various cultures of mutual help among multiethnic society in North Sumatera through Civic Education. This study was conducted in State University of Medan, with subject of study were lectures who are experts in Education, Civic Education, and Anthropology fields. The result of study showed that (1) Civic Education is subject which play role to build students’ civic culture, including the culture of Gotong Royong; (2) To introduce the culture of Gotong Royong among multiethnic society in North Sumatera, then the learning model which integrate cultural values in Civic Education learning is needed. The developing model should make learning become more meaningful, enjoyable and active. So students are able to experience and practice various cultures of Gotong Royong. This result study recommended that there is need of Civic Education model which is based on local tradition through transformation of Gotong Royong values among multiethnic society in North Sumatera.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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