Social Studies Education in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/icei-17.2018.95How to use a DOI?

Keywords

social studies, education

Abstract

In Indonesia, social studies education is inseparable from the establishment of state and nation which is not only to get freedom from colonialism and to proclaim independence, but also to get the citizen be aware of living peacefully together. The awareness as a citizen in a nation needs to be built through education, such as social studies education and civic education. Civic education aims to build awareness as a citizen who understand their rights and obligations along with obeying and upholding laws and regulations. While, social studies education is for building awareness as a parata of a nation consists of various tribes, cultures and religions. Therefore, it requires tolerance towards differences. The implication of this is that social studies education and civic education have been included into the curriculum since elementary school.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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